Make Forms "Tab Key" accessible

Hey there,
I just created a whole bunch of meta data sets and it was a little annoying that it is not possible to simply advance to the next (form) field using the tab key (or an arrow key for that matter).
Although that may be a Windows GUI problem, but if not, fixing that would be awesome.
Anurag

Hi -
Go to Safari Preferences>Advanced and select "press tab to highlight each item etc.". That ought to restore the tab behavior you are looking for.

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DT

Here's a couple related threads
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=57&threadID=583877
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=57&threadID=712386
I'd also suggest exploring the Search Forums available on the left,
which is how I found those threads:
http://onesearch.sun.com/search/onesearch/index.jsp?qt=focus+traversal+tab+text&subCat=siteforumid%3Ajava57&site=dev&dftab=siteforumid%3Ajava57&chooseCat=javaall&col=developer-forums

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If memory serves, this is not how the tab key used to work -- it used to move you from one form element to the next, no exceptions. Anybody know how to get this behavior back?

Hi -
Go to Safari Preferences>Advanced and select "press tab to highlight each item etc.". That ought to restore the tab behavior you are looking for.

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I think that you need to disable "Seamless Tabbing" in your file for it to work when published.
You need to edit the HTML file that launches your course manually.
Open your HTML file in notepad or equivalent
Between the <object> </object> tags add:
<param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="false">
Save the HTML file again
/Michael
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field.

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I am predominatly using Adobe Captivate for software simulations and assessment purposes.
I've seen similar items posted on the forums and noted this appears to be a common problem with a solution, to edit the HTM file with the code so.addParam("seamlessTabbing", "false"); see post http://forums.adobe.com/message/5283597#5283597.
I tried this with a file that was published without the need for SCORM compliance and it worked fine. Once the requirement was introduced for SCORM compliance (and to publish as a Zip file), this does not work as the code is different in the HTM file.
My file has the following code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

<html lang="en">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="captivate.css" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Enter Billable Time - Assessment</title>

<script language="JavaScript1.2" src="standard.js"    ></script>
<script language="JavaScript1.2" src="scormdriver.js" ></script>
<script language="JavaScript1.2" src="SCORM_utilities.js" ></script>
<script language="JavaScript1.2" src="Utilities.js"   ></script>
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
   //Register event handlers
   window.onkeypress    = CheckForDebugCommand;
   window.onload    = OnloadActivities;
   window.onbeforeunload = Finish;
   window.onunload   = Finish;
   document.onkeypress   = CheckForDebugCommand;
</script>
</head>
<body>
   <div id = "CaptivateContent">
    <noscript>
     This course requires JavaScript to be enabled in your browser.
     Please enable JavaScript, then relaunch the course.
    </noscript>
   </div>
</body>
</html>
How could I edit this to disable the "seamless tabbing" referred to in the original article to make the TAB key work as intended.
Thank you.

This is from my e-book:
http://www.infosemantics.com.au/troubleshoot-adobe-captivate
Notice that the procedure for Seamless Tabbing in Cp6 with SCORM is different to that for normal non-LMS courses.
Implementing Seamless Tabbing in Cp6
All Captivate versions up to and including Cp6 had Seamless Tabbing active by default and set in the HTM template code. But you can still turn it off by manually inserting some code into the published HTM file as follows:
Navigate to your published Captivate content and open the HTM file in Notepad.
Locate the line of code in the HTM file that starts with:
var so = new SWFObject(
Add the following code on the next line:
so.addParam("seamlessTabbing", "false");
Save changes to the file and test by running your project again in the browser. You should now be able to use the TAB key without leaving your published content.
Adding seamless tabbing to Cp6 SCORM support files
Seamless tabbing in Cp6 SCORM projects is a little more complex because the templates are quite different to those used for normal content. To control seamless tabbing in SCORM content you need to make the changes to the SCORM_utilities.js file in the Captivate install directory.
Depending on whether you’re on 32bit or 64bit, you should be able to find it at one of these locations:
32bit:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 6 (32 Bit)\Templates\Publish\SCORM\Default\js
64bit:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 6\Templates\Publish\SCORM\Default\js
Open the SCORM_utilities.js file in Notepad or another suitable plain text editor. Scroll down to the end of the code until you find the following lines:
so.addParam("quality", "high");
so.addParam("wmode", CONFIG.WMODE);
so.addParam("bgcolor", CONFIG.BGCOLOR);
so.addParam("menu", "false");
so.setAttribute("name", CONFIG.SWFOBJ_NAME);
so.setAttribute("redirectUrl", CONFIG.REDIRECT_URL);
so.addParam("AllowScriptAccess","always");
so.write(CONFIG.TARGET);
Add the so.addParam("seamlessTabbing", "false"); code to this group and save the file.
If you are currently unable to save changes to these template files, my gut feeling would be that it must have something to do with your user permissions. E.g. you are not an Administrator for your own PC. Is that possible?

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.
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Ahoy!
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Expected behavior:
1. Focus into text field in a form
2. Hit the Tab key
3. The next field is focused.
Actual behavior
1. Focus into text field in a form
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3. Photoshop hides the application UI (Photoshop hotkey tab behavior).
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Bug is very annoying for our users when they try to input their usernames and passwords to login (often) and also when they're filling out a large form with four fields in it.
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When attempting to navigate within the bean area, it appears as if FORMS is suppressing the keyEvent when the tab key is pressed. This means that I cannot use tab or shift-tab to navigate within the PJC's editable fields/buttons. I can click on them, enter data within them, but tab is somehow intercepted. When I place my PJC within a normal (non-forms) Java window, everything works fine.
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Hi,
This is how I did it. Sorry about the formatting, it was OK when I pasted the code fragment in.
My class contains this in the variable definitions.
private AWTEventListener keyListener = new DoKey ();
private class DoKey implements AWTEventListener {
public void eventDispatched (AWTEvent e) {
//System.err.println("eventDispatched " + e.toString());
//System.err.println("eventDispatched source " + e.getSource().toString());
if ((e instanceof KeyEvent) && (e.getSource() instanceof Component)) {
* The event was a key pressed event and it was sourced from a Component.
KeyEvent evt = (KeyEvent) e;
if (evt.getID() == evt.KEY_PRESSED) {
if (evt.getKeyCode() == evt.VK_TAB) {
if (evt.isShiftDown()) {
((Component)e.getSource()).transferFocusBackward();
else {
((Component)e.getSource()).transferFocus();
The listener is enabled when on initialisation
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On Reports 9 parameter form the tab key is not working.
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I guess not. I must add that this really would be a handly enhancement.
Regards
Sripathy

I can not use the tab key to move to the next field or use the shift and tab to move to the prior field in forms.

After updating to 7.0.1 I can not always use the tab key to move to the next field or use the shift and tab to move to the prior field in forms. This always worked in previous versions and it's much needed for my type of work. Does anyone know of a setting to activate this? If not can the Firefox developers work on this issue (please). I love Firefox but desperately need this feature to work correctly. Thanks!

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Make Tab Key Press Event

Hi You all,
I'm trying to make an automatic Tab Key Press after fill some data to oEditText , plz guide me how can i do that ?
I will appreciate your help.
Peter.
Edited by: PeterHoang on Oct 12, 2011 12:22 PM

Hi
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Since upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4.9, my Safari v. 2.0.4 (419.3) is suffering from a bizarre symptom: the tab key no longer moves the insertion point among the various single-line text-entry fields on a page, but rather inserts a tab character within the field! Shift-tab, which used to move the insertion point back one field, does nothing.
Interestingly, when in a block-text field -- such as the one I'm using to compose this message topic -- the tab key takes me to the next field as expected. It also works when the insertion point is in the URL field or Google search field in the browser interface itself. It's only when I'm typing into a web page itself that it doesn't behave properly.
Makes filling out long forms a real pain.
Surely this isn't happening to everyone, or someone else would have mentioned it ... but can anyone reproduce it? Got any suggestions for clearing it up? I'm not running any exotic Safari add-ons, just the usual complement of plug-ins, none of which seem relevant to this problem, which involves normal HTML web pages.
Thanks in advance for any help.
G4 QuickSilver 1.467GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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FWIW, I haven't seen any mention about the problem you reported on their forum, or home page report.
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Return Key doesn4t make my defined KEY-ENTER trigger to fire.

I4ve found that the trigger that fires when I press Return is KEY-NEXT-ITEM,but this doesn4t resolve my problem,because the tab key also fires this trigger.
I want to navigate within textitems with the tab key and that when I press return key make an action on the values entered in the items.
mila, PJR

You have to perform key mapping to get the Key-Enter trigger to work.
Open your forms90\fmrweb.res file in a text editor. Find the line:
10 : 0 : "Return" : 27 : "Return"
Change it to:
10 : 0 : "Return" : 75 : "Return"
Save the file and run the form again. The key-enter trigger should then fire when you press the Return key, but not when you press the Tab key.

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