[Bug?] How to use the Tab key in forms

[cameronmcefee]

Ahoy!

The latest release of Photoshop has "broken" the native behavior of the Tab key in html panels. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just a new API I need to incorporate.

Expected behavior:

1. Focus into text field in a form

2. Hit the Tab key

3. The next field is focused.

Actual behavior

1. Focus into text field in a form

2. Hit the Tab key

3. Photoshop hides the application UI (Photoshop hotkey tab behavior).

Anyone happen to know if there's something that can be done about this?

[J453 · Accepted solution]

Hi Cameron,

Yes, sorry, this issue was introduced by an ill-advised change done for the InDesign team in order to handle the way extensions panels handle focus. The team is working on a fix.

[cameronmcefee]

Awesome, thanks, Jeff!

[tomwrenn]

Bug is very annoying for our users when they try to input their usernames and passwords to login (often) and also when they're filling out a large form with four fields in it.

Hope it is fixed soon or a work around provided.

Tom Wrenn

Frontend Engineer

CreativeWorx

[cameronmcefee]

Checking in. I noticed there are new updates available today but the issue persists.

[J453]

Hi Cameron, sorry, the bug fix is coming from a core CC team so it's taken a bit longer than we'd like. The integration should be in the very next update. I don't have an ETA at the moment that I can share publicly. Are you still in the beta? I can probably give you a better idea after the 1st of the year.

[cameronmcefee]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the update! I am still a part of the Photoshop prerelease. I managed to turn off my notifications somehow so I kind of forgot about it >.<

Should I mention this issue there?

[J453]

Sure. The bug is known/logged/fixed and marked for integration. Ask Tai or Tom what the status is of the integration on the Photoshop side..

[ZetiSam]

Hi,
Three months later and the issue still persists. Can you give an ETA on the fix?

thanks

[cameronmcefee]

It looks as though this has been fixed in the next major release.

[DaveRbn]

by "next major release" do you mean next photoshop version?

or next patch?

[influence-by-desgin]

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