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Maniacal_Michael
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September 21, 2023
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Tabbing between fields and weblinks

  • September 21, 2023
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Hi all,

I've used adobe several times in my life, but I ran across a weird issue when editing a form for work. When you tab through fields (was checking the order of tabbing for a coworker) I found it tabbing from one checkbox midpage to the top of that page where we had a weblink.

Is there a way that you can remove weblinks from being tab-able without disabling the link? 

I did a search among help pages and can't find this discussed. 

I'd share the example I'm working with but I can't share a form that points to state/federal websites. 

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    FlyDutch23
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    September 21, 2023

    The easiest method (for me) is to simply use the "Fields" (Tab Order) menu ...

    You can rea-arrange the order of tab progression there ...

    Plus, the weblink might not need to be a "Form Field" in the 1st place - if it's a static informational piece, just leave it as-is on the page's base art (delete the field from the "prepare form" operation) ...

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    Maniacal_MichaelAuthor
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    September 21, 2023

    The weblink is not a form field at all. It is an individual weblink in the middle of some text that is uneditable by the user. 

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    FlyDutch23
    Known Participant
    September 21, 2023

    Right ...

    Which is why it shouldn't even be "readable" as a tab-accessible "input area' ...

    Keeping uneditable items (text, pix, whatever) on a base art basis is key ...

    Nesa Nurani
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    Nesa NuraniCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 21, 2023

    You can use script on the last field in the page to set focus on first field in next page by using setFocus().

    Something like this as 'On Focus' action of a field:

    this.getField("Name of the field").setFocus();

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      Maniacal_MichaelAuthor
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      September 21, 2023

      Thanks, 

      When I attempt to use this method it doesn't allow me to add data to that field. I still want to use that last field mid page. I suppose I could create another unused field that sets focus on the next page and next field I want filled.

       

      try67
      Community Expert
      try67Community Expert
      Community Expert
      September 21, 2023

      You need to set it under the On Blur event, not On Focus, as Nesa said.

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