# To subscribers of the xforms list from "T.C. Zhao" <tc_zhao@yahoo.com> :
--- Clive A Stubbings <xforms@vjet.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Realistically, if we are going to use TAB based navigation (and this
> seems to
> be what my users expect) then it should be applied consistantly.
> Users are not
> aware that there is a distinction between single and multi-line
> inputs (and
> there is no reason why they should be).
There is a reason why this is so. Unless we say TAB is an invalid
character for multi-line input, it's just not possible
to distinguish an valid input for the input field and
a focus switching request. I am not ready to ditch TAB
entirely for multiline input field.
>
> The problem I have is that there is a multiline input field in the
> middle of
> a form.. TAB navigation stops at this point, which rather de-values
> it and
> confuses users.
>
No disagreement here. The problem is there is no obvious fix
for this except ditching TAB for multiline input. Also, I
believe that the behavior of xforms is consistent with some
other toolkits wrt the focus switching policy.
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