Text Entry Box

[GilbertGazzia]

I'm using Captivate 9, version 9.0.2.437 - I have a form with 5 entry fields.  I'm using an Advanced Action to guide the student from one entry box to the next.  It all works great if I publish it as SWF.  When I publish it as HTML5, the 1st Entry Box shows up and it is ready for the student's input.  When Enter is pressed and it goes to the next Entry Box, it looses focus, I have to click on the Entry Box to focus on it.  Why is there a difference between SWF and HTML5?  Why would it work on one, but not the other?  Thanks

[Lilybiri]

There are a lot of differences between both, sometimes features work for HTML5 and not for SWF as well. Frustrating, I know.

How did you test, please? Try publishing and uploading to a webserver, only way to detect if it really is not functional.

[GilbertGazzia]

Lilybiri,

I uploaded it to our webserver and that's is how I found the differences. I don't mind telling the user to click on the highlighted box, but I would love for it to just be on focus without them selecting it.

[Lilybiri]

OK, sighing, another difference you let me discover. Used different browsers? Was it a responsive or a normal project?

[GilbertGazzia]

Lilybiri,

I'm using Google Chrome and it's a normal project.

[RodWard]

Gilbert,

I think you would get better results by having each text entry field on a different slide and then using your Advanced Action to jump between those slides instead of trying to jump just between fields.  If there's only ONE text entry box on each slide, and that object is at the top of the stacking order, then you may find your issue with focus is solved.

Use a Master Slide as the background for all of these slides so that they all look almost the same to make the learner less aware they are jumping between slides rather than just jumping between fields.

[GilbertGazzia]

Rod,

Eventually, there will be 36 entry fields and I don't want to have that many additional screens. Thanks for the suggestion.