Lock tab sequence

[rhowes]

Hi All

Is there a way to lock tab sequence to a set of form elements (i.e. prevent tab from also going to the body, images etc.)? I would like to keep focus on valid input fields when a user tabs between them.

Thanks.
Cheers,

Richard
(Johannesburg, Shout Africa)

 

[xutopia]

there are very cumbersome and clumsy ways of doing this that I won't bother coding to show you since they are not nearly up to snuff in my book.

For usability sake it is best you do not take over normal system features like that one as it may confuse some people and take you way too much time for the options it gives you. Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran

 

[rhowes]

Hi Gary

If the available methods are not reliable, then I agree with you to forget it (I have a similar problem making child windows "modal" using a combination of mouse capture and 'onfocus' events on the child and parent windows).

As a way of explaination as to why I need this (and the modal function) we are writing an application using a browser interface in a unique environment - Africa! Our users are barely windows literate (and sometimes barely computer literate), and the more control we have over what they can and cant do the better. I have worked extensively in the US and Europe, and it is very different to working in Africa. Here we still have major issues with users minimising windows and calling support to say their application has dissappeared ;oD

Thanks for the advice anyway.
Cheers

Richard