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Help with Tab order

emerlin
Registered: Jul 21 2008
Posts: 33

I have a form with some tabbing issues. I have gone to view > tab order and followed the instructions, resetting to #1 and reordered the tabs correctly. The numbers all tie out with how I want the tabs to work. It is in the same format/flow as the form hierarchy.

Everything works OK until I get to #13. It tabs from 12 to 14 skipping 13 altogether. I have the same strange behavior on other pages. Basically it does not follow the tabbing order as it should.

I have looked at the the XML to make sure the traversal statement is pointing correctly from filed 12 to 13 to 14 etc.... but still the odd behavior.

Any ideas?

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
diegoap
Registered: Apr 4 2008
Posts: 52
emerlin wrote:
I have a form with some tabbing issues. I have gone to view > tab order and followed the instructions, resetting to #1 and reordered the tabs correctly. The numbers all tie out with how I want the tabs to work. It is in the same format/flow as the form hierarchy.Everything works OK until I get to #13. It tabs from 12 to 14 skipping 13 altogether. I have the same strange behavior on other pages. Basically it does not follow the tabbing order as it should.

I have looked at the the XML to make sure the traversal statement is pointing correctly from filed 12 to 13 to 14 etc.... but still the odd behavior.


Any ideas?
When you're ordering the tabbing, use the Shift+Ctrl+click to drop off the fields that you won't tab. At the end, press enter to finish the tabbing.

Also there's a lack on tab order feature, mentioned in Stefan Cameron on Forms:
http://forms.stefcameron.com/featur-o-meter/

There they're claiming for a better tabbing control, especially for dynamic forms.

Hope this helpful.

Diego

Diego Silva
http://diegosi.wordpress.com

emerlin
Registered: Jul 21 2008
Posts: 33
Thanks Diego!

I will give that a try.

Thanks Tom