Make Enter key act like Tab Key

Is there any way to make pressing the Enter key change the focus to the next field in the tab order? In other words, make the Enter and Tab keys act the same way?
Thanks!
Nelson

Hitting [Enter] key triggers "exit" event, so add the following code appropriately xfa.host.setFocus(TabTo); where 'TabTo' is the field name to set the focus. However you do need to match with the tabbing order in the form just to make sure [Enter] and [Tab] keys function similarly.
SekharN

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Hi folks,
I'd like to make the ENTER key behave the same way as the TAB key in
the system I'm developing. I thought I would be able to do it by setting
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The application we are building will replace legacy application and had similar
requirements to accommodate the current users. We solved this problem by creating a
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On 22 Jun 99, at 23:47, Jeanne Hesler wrote:
Do the math on this one. Be sure your users understand the cost and the
lack of payback. I have no problem going against common practice when
there is a good reason, but this reason just doesn't add up. Even if it
did slow them down, which it won't, they would never lose enough time to be
worth the work that it would take to implement.Jeanne,
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating we abandon the TAB key
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is done right, there should be no need to tell the user about it. Their
transition to the new product would be virtually painless.
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bottom) is essentially useless for most of the windows we will be creating.
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unix telnet sessions. When I switch back and forth between windows
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navigational facilities can hamper productivity!
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