| Cursor |
A visual indicator to the user where keyboard input will have an impact. There is one Cursor per terminal session. See Cursor for a deep-dive. |
| Enter / Gain |
Means a View that previously was not focused is now becoming focused. "The View is entering focus" is the same as "The View is gaining focus". These terms are legacy terms from v1. |
| Focus |
The state where a particular UI element (View) is actively selected and ready to receive user input. When an element has focus, it typically responds to keyboard events and other interactions. |
| Focus Chain |
The ordered sequence of UI elements that can receive focus, starting from the currently focused element and extending to its parent (SuperView) elements up to the root of the focus tree (Application.Top). Only one focus chain in an application can have focus (top.HasFocus == true), and there is one, and only one, View in a focus chain that is the most-focused; the one receiving keyboard input. |
| Focus Ordering |
The order focusable Views are navigated. Focus Ordering is typically used in UI frameworks to enable screen readers and improve the Accessibility of an application. In v1, TabIndex/TabIndexes enabled Focus Ordering. |
| Leave / Lose |
Means a View that previously was focused is now becoming un-focused. "The View is leaving focus" is the same as "The View is losing focus". These terms are legacy terms from v1. |
| Navigation |
The user experience for moving focus between views in the application view-hierarchy. |
| Tab |
Describes the Tab key found on all keyboards, a break in text that is wider than a space, or a UI element that is a stop-point for keyboard navigation. The use of the word "Tab" for this comes from the typewriter, and is reinforced by the existence of a Tab key on all keyboards. |
| TabGroup |
A View that is a container for other focusable views. The Application.NextTabGroupKey and Application.PrevTabGroupKey are Key.PageDown.WithCtrl and Key.PageUp.WithCtrl respectively. These keys enable the user to use the keyboard to navigate up and down the view-hierarchy. |
| TabStop |
A View that is an ultimate stop-point for keyboard navigation. In this usage, ultimate means the View has no focusable subviews. The Application.NextTabStopKey and Application.PrevTabStopKey are Key.Tab and Key.Tab.WithShift respectively. These keys navigate only between peer-views. |
