Preventing Tabbing past User Entered Required Fields

Yes, this can be done, but it is not a pretty solution. Each field has an "exit" event that's triggered when the focus leaves the field. Each field also has a Validate event that's triggered when data is commited to the field. You may have to use a combination of the two events. Test for a null value in the validate and then use the "xfa.host.setFocus()" fucntion to force the focus back on the field. I don't know how well this will work, it's tricky. I've built similar solutions and I seem to remember that there was a problem with the order of events and the focus. For example the validate event occurs before the field focus is moved, so calling "setFocus()" here does nothing. You have to use the validate event to setup a state variable and then use that state varible in another event ("exit" I think) to run the "setFocus()" function. To get it just right you'll need to do some testing.

Thom Parker
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Thanks Thom. I was hoping the answer would be a little simpler for this:) We're upgrading from JetForms to LiveCycle, and this feature was easily supported within JetForms.