Tabbing issues on a 2 page PDF fillable form

[Guest]

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?

[George_Johnson]

How did you confirm that the tab order is correct?

[Guest]

While in the edit mode I can see the list of fields. I have since realized my problem, or at least I think I have. I created two separate PDF forms and then inserted one after the other. Because of this each page has its own set of tabs. This became evident when I clicked on "show tab numbers" and the fields on page two started at number 1 again. I have started over and created a word doc with both pages and then saved as a PDF. Tomorrow I will turn it into a form and hope that my tab numbers do not start over at 1 on the second page.

There might have been a way to re-number the tabs on page 2 but I couldn't figure it out.

Thank you for your question. I do t want to close this out yet in case it doesn't work tomorrow. I've never created a 2 page fillable form before!

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[Guest]

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?

[gkaiseril · Accepted solution]

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.

[Guest]

Thank you so much for offering this suggestion. It was very easy to execute and now my tabs go from page 1 to page 2 flawlessly. Again, thank you!