On May 21, 11:26 pm, RobG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Users can navigate using the tab key (zero script required), you can
> control the order using the tabindex attribute.
>
The app is actually a conversion from a PC-based application to a web-
based version. From a usability standpoint, the users have become
accustomed to using certain key combinations when entering data. (I'm
currently trapping the keypress event to deal with their inputs):
1. TAB key - move to next field
2. Shift+TAB - move to previous field
3. ENTER key - submit new value and move to the next row down
4. ARROW keys - move the cursor between fields (some of the grids are
fully editable, so left and right become a factor)
In each of the cases where I'm moving the cursor to a text input, I'm
using the 'activate' method to select the text - so they can just
start typing their new values.
> If you must use script, you can use the rowIndex property (which is
> relative to all the rows in the table) of the row you are in as the
> basis for going to the upper or lower row.
>
> e.g.
>
> function upRow(tr)
> {
> var tableParent = tr.parentNode.parentNode;
> return tableParent.rows[ tr.rowIndex - 1 ];
> }
>
I wasn't aware of the rowIndex property! Thanks for the tip :)
I'll try using that and see what happens. I'm assuming that the
rowIndex is for the whole table and is not affected by any tbody and
thead tags?
Thanks,
Jon
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