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    Tab Order Problem

    Good Morning All,

    I have a long form and tabbing through the fields to the bottom works just fine. When I tab from btmfld, the last field at the bottom of the form, to topfld, a field at the top of the form, the focus goes to a field other than topfld. I even placed topfld.activate() on the CanDepart event of btmfld. Both the tab order (topfld is next in tab order from btmfld) and the code are ignored and focus is given to a field with a tab order number 2 numbers higher than topfld.

    Does anyone have any idea why topfld is being ignored?

    Thanks,

    kenn
    TYVM :) kenn

    Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

    #2
    RE: Tab Order Problem

    I discovered the problem. When the field's 'Hide' property is checked, it does more than hide the field from view. It also hides everything else, including the tab order and code. I now remember this from before and I suspect it's a bug. So, one has to change the background properties, etc.

    kenn
    TYVM :) kenn

    Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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      #3
      RE: Tab Order Problem



      Off hand I'd say it sounds like a feature rather than a bug.

      I daresay most would not want focus to shift inexplicably to a hidden object.

      -- tom

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        #4
        RE: Tab Order Problem

        Tom,

        I don't understand why this is a feature when "Hide" disables other features as well as code. It seems to me that 'Hide' should do just that, simply hide the field from view and allow the other feautres and code to remain intact.

        kenn
        TYVM :) kenn

        Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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          #5
          RE: Tab Order Problem


          Ken,

          Maybe it's just a matter of opinion, and I can't see the code you're looking at, or which you're expecting to run...

          but if I were designing how the tab order for controls on a form should function, and I permitted the user to 'hide' some of them, I'd probably want to omit them from the current tab order sequence. Otherwise the user winds up tabbing through invisible objects, or more likely, assuming that the form is broken since nothing seems to be happening when they press the tab key.

          -- tom

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            #6
            RE: Tab Order Problem

            I can't say it would make a lot of sense to have a hidden field in the tab sequence. If you want to execute the code on the button or field that is hidden, use the Xbasic method button.push() or transfer the code on the field to another hidden button (using Xbasic) and then use the .push() method.

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              #7
              RE: Tab Order Problem

              Tom & Steve,

              I agree with you. However, the form is 9" high and the only reason I'm using it is to bring the top portion of the screen back into view after data entry. If I tab to the first field, (which is below the form title) the screen only comes into view as far up as that field. Thus the form title does not show and it leaves the user, shall we say, 'visually impaired'?

              Now, some serious humor. I suppose you guys will tell me there's Xbasic to make the form 'jump' back to the top w/o doing it this way?

              kenn
              TYVM :) kenn

              Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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                #8
                RE: Tab Order Problem

                Ken,

                I guess I misunderstood. To me there's a difference in hiding an object (object is hidden), and scrolling through the top of the display, so that objects are off screen and not visible, but not hidden either. I thought you were talking about hidden fields. You're not. You're talking about active fields that have scrolled through the top of the screen and are no longer visible on your display.

                -- tom

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                  #9
                  RE: Tab Order Problem

                  Yup. I started to describe it in detail but thouhgt I'd try the short version. Oh well.

                  ken
                  TYVM :) kenn

                  Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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                    #10
                    RE: Tab Order Problem

                    I see. Try using a "UserObject" that you set as transparant. These can take focus even if not visible.

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                      #11
                      RE: Tab Order Problem

                      Cool,

                      I'll do that. Thanks, Steve.

                      kenn
                      TYVM :) kenn

                      Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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                        #12
                        RE: Tab Order Problem

                        Hi Steve,

                        Thanks for the tip. It works very well.

                        kenn
                        TYVM :) kenn

                        Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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