Re: XForms: order of visitation

Justin Dobbs (jrd@jrd.com)
Tue, 08 Jul 1997 08:19:44 -0400 (EDT)

To subscribers of the xforms list from Justin Dobbs <jrd@jrd.com> :

Would it be possible to construct a callback or some handler function that
intercepts the tab and return keys? One might be able to place input boxes
into an array and set the focus from that. I have an array of inputs in
my program which form a spreadsheet, and I am trying to get the tab key
to move horizontally (the return and tab keys currently move verticaly,
the order in which they were created).

If anyone comes up with a good solution to this let me know! :)

TIA,

J.

On 08-Jul-97 Gary Huckabay said:
> To subscribers of the xforms list from Gary Huckabay <gx@bear.sirinet.net> :
>
> > from Gary Huckabay <gx@bear.sirinet.net> :
> > >
> > > If you have a number of input boxes, is there a simple way to change the
> > > order in which the cursor visits the boxes (via the tab key) other than
> >
> > There is no easy way to do this. One way or another, the order in which
> > the input fields get added to the form has to be re-arranged. Using
> > cut&paste from within fdesign perhaps is the only way to do it without
> > spliting hair.
>
> I guess I didn't make myself clear. How do you control which object is
> visited first? Is it the newest object? The oldest object? Is it
> determined by physical positioning?
>
> It seems that I can take a form with many objects, delete a few, add a
> few, and then the visitation order isn't what I expect.
>
> Gary
>
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