Captivate: Buttons need more than 1 click & Text Entry more than one Enter keypress

Hi,
I am loading Captivate content in a Flash wrapper which is
embedded in an HTML page. Sometimes, when I enter some text in a
Text Entry field in my captivate movie and then press Enter key, it
does not register the key press in the first instance, but does it
when I do it again. Occasionally, clicks on Text Buttons are also
not registered the first time.
This behavior is not consistent, and the same files work
perfectly in other instances.
Does anyone have an idea of what could be wrong? Would
appreciate a quick response.
Thanks!
Mohsin Nabi

Hi Mohsin,
Sounds like a focus issue. There is a variable you may want
to check out called "SeamlessTabbing". You can read more about it
here.
Setting that parameter to 'false' will (hopefully) maintain focus
within the SWF allowing you to validate the keystrokes properly. I
encountered this issue only with tabbing, but maybe there is a tab
keystroke that does work before you encounter this issue?
Let's do two scenarios for a sense of completeness:
1. Let's assume there is no way it could be a 'tab' issue
causing you to lose focus. In this case, make sure that your click
box \ text entry box appear at 0.1s into the slide they are on
(sometimes this causes issues if they are placed at 0.0). Also,
make sure they are set to do what they are intended to do like go
to the next slide or whatever.
2. If this is all started because of the tab key, try the
following: Create a text entry box on the same slide that has no
correct answers associated with it, so when you view the properties
of the box, the 'correct entries' box should be empty. Set the "On
success" to be "No Action" rather than its default "Continue". Set
the shortcut key to be Tab just like your other text entry box.
Finally, make sure the timing matches the other text entry box to a
tee. Once you have the text entry box on the slide, shrink it as
much as possible and tuck it away in a corner. Finally, make sure
that the text entry box that you type in is on the top layer of the
slide, and the other box that we just made is on the bottom. Then
again, as long as it is not in front of the text entry box you are
typing in, you will be fine.
If there is no success with these, I would recommend
implementing the seamlessTabbing variable I mentioned earlier into
your wrapper, not the individual Captivate file, to see if that
helps at all.
Give that a try and let us know how it goes!
Good luck,
HTH,
Doug

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