I created a two page PDF fillable form. When tabbing out of the last field on page 1 it goes up to the second item in a group of 3 radio buttons on page 1 instead of on to page 2. The radio buttons are not even the first fields on page 1. My tabs are all in the correct order so I don't know why it is doing this. Any ideas?
Well, I spoke too soon. I created the 2 page pdf from a 2 page Microsoft word doc. I proceeded to create the fillable form in adobe. I checked the tab order before adding the group of radio buttons and it tabbed from page 1 to page 2 perfectly, however, once I added the group of radio buttons (and inserted in the correct tab position which was tab 9) it once again tabbed from the last field on page 1 to the second radio button on page one and did not go to page 2. Now, I believe my only option is to switch to check boxes instead of the radio button. I did not want to do this because I like the radio buttons' feature of only being able to pick one in the group. The check boxes allow multiple choices and this is a "choose one only" situation.
Any ideas why tabbing to second page isn't working?
You can get check boxes to behave similar to radio buttons by creating an exclusionary group. You do this by naming all the check boxes within the group with the same name and then set the export value for each widget or individual box to a different unique value. This will only allow one check box to be selected and your users can uncheck a checked box so none of the check boxes is selected. This is not possible with radio buttons.
One can use JavaScript to go to a specific form field by using the setFocus method in the on blur or field exit action.
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