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Learn how to set the tab order in a PDF form using Acrobat X Std. or Pro. to improve the appearance of your PDF form and also make it easier for users to use.
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Well, most users want custom tab orders. To do that...
Go to Menu Forms --> Add or Edit Fields...
If necessary, make sure the left-side bar opens up to the form fields listing.
There's a dropdown menu at the top of this sidebar that says "Tab Order"
Click it and select "Order Tabs Manually"
Then drag and drop the tabs sequentially in the list in the sidebar. When you close Form Editing & test, you should be able to tab through in your new order.
HTH

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Sorry. I don't mean page tabs, but the order in which form fields are selected by the tab key. In simple html there is a value called tabindex and I was just wondering if there is a way to assign this order within a portal form. I have basically recreated the form with a custom layout and adjusted the table structure to force the order I was looking for, but it would be a nice add for future versions.

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Hi all,
Is there anyway to set the TAB order in a form where it can skip from tabbiong to the labels... and also when to form regions are side by side to direct the tabbing to go down the first form then up to the top of the second and down the second...???
Some languages allow to assign tab order... 10,20,30,40..etc.
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Hi Andy!
I just started to set the tabindex on each item... it wasn't working.. I copied the example you gave.. ha.. you had taxindex --- TAX and I too didn't notice it.. so just want to mention it incase anyone does what I did.. copies without thinking..
As you said in the previous post it is TABINDEX="n"
Ha.. its a Monday.. Bill

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Hello,
I have a form that I created a bunch of fields for. I did make some of the fields out of order, but was not concerned as I figured I would set the tab order as I have in the past.
However, for this set of fields, not mater what I do, and how many times I try to set the tab order manually, it skips over a bunch of fields. Even if I try to let acrobat automatically set the tab order, it still doesn't work.
These fields have been made from scratch as well as, copy and pasted to make sure their properties were all the same, other than a unique name. I can't figure this one out.
Has anyone ever had this happen to them before?
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Hi everyone...thanks!!
I did check the read only issue first, and that wasn't it... and I made sure they were just text fields and never started out as radio buttons...
At one poin,t a bad param error popped up..... ah ha!!
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In LV 6.1 an up you should be ablel to right click on the edge of the tab control when the tab-page in question is selected.
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selecting this option will switch editing modes to allow you to specify the ored, just like in a cluster.
I seem to remeber in older versions you had to drag the tabable controls off the tab control, specify the tabbing oder and then drag them back on. The oldest version I have on this machine is 6.1 so that all I can speak for at the moment.
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I have a form that I created with the save, print, etc buttons. I created mine as text fields rather then buttons and under Common Properties I have the Form Field set as Visible But Does Not Print, and then of course it's set under Actions to Execute a Menu Command. That does show up in the tab panel, however if you close the form editing and then go through the tab order of the form it skips right over it. The downside to this is that you have to have the Select tool in order to click and there is no mouse over, it's just a cursor like it would be in any other text field.
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I readed in another thread that it was not possible to set the tab order in HTMLB controls on BSP forms.
However it was possible to do a little workaround, by setting the tooltip property, and put in the tabindex in that. Because Browsers do understand the property tabindex.
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<htmlb:inputField id="authorfname1"
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<b>It works a little bit differently in my HTMLB controls.</b> Output is like this:
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<i>It doesn't work. " becomes " <b>How do I solve this?</b></i>

thanks for sharing the info.
to handle your issue you could do the following
<% data: replace_string type string .
clear replace_string .
replace_string = `<input tabindex="2"`.
              %>
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tooltip="tooltip1"
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Regards
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I'm trying to set the tab order of text boxes on a form, that uses GridBag layout. It seems that the tab order is automatically set according to the order that components are added to the form in. Is there a way to change it manually? I really don't want to redo the entire form...

I have no idea what you're talking about. It might be worth to look for the right forum which suits your actual problem. Are you talking about Swing? Then post it in the Swing forum. Are you talking about JSP? Then post it in the JSP forum.
Go to the forum index to see what forums are all available: http://forum.java.sun.com/index.jspa?tab=java

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Jim

Hi Jim,
>>Using MS Access Web App, can you set the tab order of the fields on a form?
I am afraid you could not. In Web applications, the tab order is set automatically and cannot be changed.
(From
https://support.office.com/en-au/article/Set-the-tab-order-for-controls-3d7f749c-5a53-42b2-bb0e-2323fa044e2e)
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This is what I'm seeing, however I think we would like to know how to change the order.
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Hi Rebecca,
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Hello,
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Hi Rebecca,
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Neha

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