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There is a ‘Tab Order’ item on the Design menu. This is a toggle
button. When toggled ‘on’, you can click on each field in turn to
set the tab order.
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This is the start …
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… and here I have clicked on a
field and it is now the first in
the tab order.
Clicking on another will make it
second, etc.
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What is more interesting is
what happens when fields are
grouped.
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Now the grouped fields are in a
‘tab group’ when setting the
tab order.
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Selecting the group …
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Sets the tab order of the group
(it is hard to see, but it is now
‘1’) and the fields are 1.1, 1.2,
obviously).
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And you can select an
individual field in the group to
set the tab order within the
group.
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Here I have split the group into
two groups.
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And grouped them into a single
group, so I have nested groups!
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And this is now displayed and
functional in the tab order!
There seems to be no limit,
apart from what is practical.
This is very powerful and I am
sure we shall be finding many
ways to use this feature
effectively.
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It has been pointed out that
adding a field onto a large form
could be a potential
nightmare.
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As it happens, if you select
that field it becomes first …
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… select again, it becomes
second (all the others remain in
the correct order relatively).
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This makes it fairly painless.
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With grouping it can be even
easier.
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Adding the field to an existing
group will automatically add it
to the end. The original group
becomes a nested group.
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Ungrouping the fields, selecting
the new field and grouping
them again as unexpected
consequences, however.
You would have to reorder the
fields in the group at least (and
I suspect that oddity will not
get fixed).
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1. Designer User Interface
