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June 4, 2023
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Tab key no longer advances through form

  • June 4, 2023
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I have NO idea why this is happening, but the tab key no longer advances the cursor through each successive form field in Adobe Acrobat DC.  It perpetually jumps the cursor to the first field in the form.  This is happening with every form I've created.  It just started this morning.  I have adjusted nothing in my Adobe settings that would explain this, and all my operating software is up to date.  Can someone figure out how to fix this?  

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Correct answer Megan249324891gtz

Okay, a reboot of the system seemed to help fix the problem.  I still don't know why that tab goofiness started up out of the blue, but if anyone else runs into the same problem, try quitting everything and then relaunching. That seems to help return the tab key's function of advancing through form fields.

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JR Boulay
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May 22, 2024

Try to revert to the Classic UI: https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/acrobat-2023-how-to-revert-to-classic-gui-user-interface/td-p/14052807
Consider the "new Acrobat" as a beta version, many features are still missing or half-implemented.

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Megan249324891gtzAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
June 4, 2023

Okay, a reboot of the system seemed to help fix the problem.  I still don't know why that tab goofiness started up out of the blue, but if anyone else runs into the same problem, try quitting everything and then relaunching. That seems to help return the tab key's function of advancing through form fields.

ls_rbls
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June 5, 2023

Hi @Megan249324891gtz ,

 

Interesting !

 

Thank you for taking the time to post back and  share the solution.