Hi Chip: I have used something like that for larger input screens. Ya, just tab to a group, or a hot key, and then 3 or so tabs iinside the group is fast and a sighted user can just click a box with the mouse almost instantly - fast for both. If there were say 100 boxes that would be something diferent like a multi-form or wizard sort of control but those are rare. Rick USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Chip Orange To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 7:31 AM Subject: RE: form design/layout question
Thanks to you and Bruce for your votes and suggestions, but especially thanks Rick for the idea of a hotkey to jump between groups. I was bemoaning the lack of a multi-tabbed dialog in our xml dialogs, but the hotkey which we all use (along with labeled groups) does the same thing! How great is that! Chip From: RicksPlace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 3:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: form design/layout question Oh Ya: If you group the controls you can have a hot key to jump between groups for faster navigation - perhaps something like ctrl+tab or alt+tab or something else. That way if you have 15 to 20 controls and group them into say 4ish groups you can cut down the navigation dramatically and it's light years easier to code up. It is good for sighted folks and pretty fast to use for screen reader users - tab to a group then just arrow a couple of times to get the box desired. Rick USA
