Setting the tab order (web client)

To move between components on a form, users can press the TAB key. Tab order is the sequence in which components receive focus as the user repeatedly presses TAB. The sequence number is a zero-based index number.
Note: This procedure applies only to the web client. For the procedure to set the tab order in the Windows client, see Setting the tab order (Windows client).

To set the tab order of all components on a form, beginning with the first (0) component, use this procedure:

  1. Open a form and go into the Web Designer.
  2. Select a component on the form.
  3. Start the tab order set up using one of these options:
    • Right-click the component and select Tab Order.
    • Right-click the component and select Tab Order At.
    • Click the Tab Order or Tab Order At icon on the toolbar.
    • In the Component properties sheet, locate and select the Layout > Tab Order field.

      In the Tab Order field, specify the next integer and then press Enter.

      For each component to be included in the tab order, start with the integer 1 (one) and increase sequentially by 1.

      For any component you do NOT want to include in the tab order, specify the value of 0 (zero) in the Tab Order field.
      Note: Read-only components and static components are not included in the tab order, even if a tab order number is assigned. The framework simply ignores them at runtime.
  4. Save.
  5. Exit the Web Designer and unload the global objects cache.
  6. Refresh the form and test that the tab order is correct.