Thanks Jim, The goal is to allow the end user flexibility and power in editing a database record.
My program uses the concept of an 'edit group' that allows the end user to customize both the number of and the content of each group. Each group consists of a set of textfields for data entry. The end user can move the textfields up or down within the edit group. He can also move a textfield from one group to another, create a new group, and resize and reposition each group. He can also choose to show or hide each group. So, my problem is that each time a group is moved, shown, hidden, or resized - I potentially have to redo the tab order for the affected groups. So I cannot just set the tab order one time. And the standard is not sufficient in this case. Ideally, it would be nice if there was a flag that would switch the default tabbing between the up/down direction and the right/left direction. This would solve my problem entirely. But if not, I will have to find a way to reorder the tab order each time the end user manipulates the edit groups. thanks, tom Jim Hunter wrote: > > I have always set the exact tab order of my controls. If you use positive > integers in the tabindex field, then your tab order will be from lowest > (greater then -1) value to highest. If you leave it up to the browser to > control the tabbing, then you will get left to right top to bottom, that > is > the 'standard'. > Jim > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM, tsmiller <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Greetings, In May of 2007 Sebastion Werner wrote in a reply about tab >> order >> "I think you have a misunderstanding of what tabIndex is thought for. It >> is >> the tabIndex to control the tab order of the application. If it is >> configured to "-1" this means that the element is not tab-able, while "1" >> means generally tab-able, *but with no explicit tab position (this will >> fallback to a coordinate system* to find the next/previous tab-widget). >> qooxdoo's tab" I need the *coordinate system* to look for the next tab >> top >> to bottom instead of left to right. I have several widgets on a page and >> each widget has a set of textfields. I need the tab order to go down the >> widget instead of across to the next widget. These widgets are created >> dynamically, and I don't see how setting the tab order for each field in >> each widget is a solution. Can I set the default behaviour of the >> coordinate >> system somewhere. Is this set in qooxdoo or the web browser? Thank you. >> tom >> ------------------------------ >> View this message in context: tab order coordinate >> system<http://www.nabble.com/tab-order-coordinate-system-tp22420862p22420862.html> >> Sent from the qooxdoo-devel mailing list >> archive<http://www.nabble.com/qooxdoo-devel-f3822.html>at Nabble.com. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, >> CA >> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the >> Enterprise >> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source >> participation >> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: >> SFAD >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H >> _______________________________________________ >> qooxdoo-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, > CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: > SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > qooxdoo-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/tab-order-coordinate-system-tp22420862p22425177.html Sent from the qooxdoo-devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
