Should MessageBox class>>#confirm: be cancelled by pressing Esc?

> Hi,
>
>> Just noticed that the messagebox below is not cancelled by Esc.
>> Shouldn't  it?
>>
>> ===============
>> MessageBox confirm: 'Sure?'
>> ===============
>
> No, I don't think so. The ESC key is normally bound to a Cancel button
> whereas the above MessageBox is displayed with Yes and No buttons.
> You'll find that the keyboard shortcuts for these are 'Y' and 'N'
> respectively.
>
> If you want to have a confirmation that can be cancelled with ESC try:
>
> (MessageBox new caption: 'Sure'; okCancel) open
>
> Of course you can add a helper method on the class side of MessageBox
> to make this easier if you wish.

> On 14 Sep 2004 08:57:22 GMT, Andy Bower <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>> Just noticed that the messagebox below is not cancelled by Esc.
>>> Shouldn't  it?
>>>
>>> ===============
>>> MessageBox confirm: 'Sure?'
>>> ===============
>>
>> No, I don't think so. The ESC key is normally bound to a Cancel button
>> whereas the above MessageBox is displayed with Yes and No buttons.
>> You'll find that the keyboard shortcuts for these are 'Y' and 'N'
>> respectively.
>>
>> If you want to have a confirmation that can be cancelled with ESC try:
>>
>> (MessageBox new caption: 'Sure'; okCancel) open
>>
>> Of course you can add a helper method on the class side of MessageBox
>> to make this easier if you wish.
>
> Hmm.. no that would change how it looks (as in OK/Cancel instead of
> Yes/No). I saw this behavior (of ESC triggering the 'No') in the Windows
> Explorer confirmation dialog when you try to delete a file, and thought it
> rather natural, probably because I was so used to pressing a Enter/ESC
> when I see a dialog box. If I do need to wire ESC to cancel, is there an
> easy way to do it?
>