Move onfocus from one field to another on the same slide

Report · Feb 16, 2016

Greetings,

I am using Captivate 8 at the moment, but I think the question might be pertinent to most versions from 6 on.

I have a slide that contains multiple text entry fields. Each field requires validation.

The behavior is:

When the user first enters the slide only Field 1 is visible. (The other fields are set to appear at intervals along the timeline if the input is validated TRUE.)

When the user enters a value into the field and presses the ENTER key, the field is validated.

If the validation isn’t met, then a “failure” message appears and the user gets to try again until the validation is met.

Once the validation is met, the timeline continues and Field 2 becomes visible. User then repeats the process until Field 2 validation is met.

This process repeats itself until all fields have displayed and been filled and validated. Then the user moves to the next slide.

My problem is moving the cursor (focus) from field to field as the information is validated and a new field is displayed.

How do I change the focus of each field as each field appears?

I'm not sure how to use the "on Focus Lost" functionality or if that is even the correct approach. My thinking is an advanced action, but I'd like to read a bit more about how to configure it.

Thank you,

TPK

Report · Feb 17, 2016

You can use options in Captivate to set TAB order of interactive objects, but that still requires the learner to do something extra. You want it to happen automatically right?

I think you should be looking at having each TEB on a different slide. Once each one is validated then the On Success event can jump the learner to the next slide. If the slides look identical except for the the location of the TEB boxes then the learner experience is identical to what you are currently trying to do. However, your headaches as a developer will be far less, because whereas the cursor will be naturally located in the TEB on slide enter when they are all on separate slides, trying to ensure it will move to the next TEB when they are all on the same slide is not so easy. There is no Action that you can use to specify where the mouse cursor should be focused.

So is it REALLY worth all the trouble just to have all TEBs on one slide?