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Uploaded Activity Data Entry

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Regarding the "new" Connect UI.

I'd like to request that the screen where we modify the activity name, type, and notes have TAB key navigation added to the markup. This can be done as easily as adding HTML "tabindex" attributes to each field. It's probably not that easy, however, since there's most likely some kind of widget library getting in the way.

I also feel it necessary to mention how unusable a purely mouse-/touch-style select menu is. Granted, the host UI's select widget is usually ugly. However, it can be used with a keyboard. If you want to implement a highly-customized select menu, listen for keystrokes so we can quickly get to items in the menu.

Once you get used to the keyboard, it is considerably faster at doing simple, repetitive data entry compared to all the mouse clicks to "enable" editing a particular field. I'm used to the following workflow (in the old UI):

1. Click "Quick Edit"
2. Tab into the "Activity Name" field
3. Type the name
4. Hit tab
5. Type "r" (to select running)
6. Hit tab
7. Type "t" (to select training)
8. Hit tab (possibly twice to skip selecting a Course)
9. Enter time, distance, etc... in a similar fashion.

The new UI is exceedingly cumbersome for people who use keyboards to type letters and make menu selections. It takes far more mouse clicks and keystrokes to do basic data entry than the previous UI. As this is a task I used to enjoy doing daily, I feel the new UI is actively discouraging me from recording and/or sharing this information. I'm not sure why the accessibility of the UI had to regress so much. Things can look great and function great at the same time.

Thank you for (hopefully) consideration this feature request.