I take a similar approach to it, but there is a way to do it with only 2 active links.
I set my tab order up similar to this: Tab Field 1 ... Tab Field 99 No-Tab Field 1 ... No-Tab Field 99 The first active link is on Tab Field 99. The active link fires on lose focus and sets the focus to the first field they should be able to tab to. The second active link is on No-Tab Field 99. The active link fires on gain focus, and sets focus to Tab Field 99. This is needed because it is possible to tab to No-Tab Field 99 by hitting shift-tab from Tab Field 1. As the user can never tab into any other No-Tab Fields, I don't need active links on any of those. Eric Cleereman -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Carey Matthew Black Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SET-RO-COLOR Greg, Yep that works, but the user can still tab to the fields. You could add active links that trap the "gain focus" and change the focus to another field too. (But that gets real old if you have to maintain dozens of fields like that too.) I think there is an RFE in that thought.... Add the the ability to remove a field from the tab order for a form. ( So the field can not be tabbed to at all. ) -- Carey Matthew Black Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP) ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) Love, then teach Solution = People + Process + Tools Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two. On 9/13/06, Greg Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just adding to this thread a little after the fact. > > Another method to keep people from setting focus into read-only fields, > especially after you've changed the color is to place a box around them > with the Background Mode (attributes tab) set to transparent. Make sure > the box is set to the front (Layout, Bring to Front). > > If you don't want to display an extra box, use the "etched" display > attribute and make it the same size as the field, placed directly on top. > You can barely tell it's there if placed correctly. > > The users can see the fields, but not able to click into them. > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org
