Subj : Re: Controlling tab order with JavaScript
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng,comp.lang.javascript
From : Randy Webb
Date : Sat Sep 24 2005 03:56 pm

Mark Reginald James said the following on 9/24/2005 2:28 PM:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use a keyboard event function to change what
> element gets the focus after tab is pressed in a particular
> element.  Simple HTML that demonstrates the problem is below.

Your problem is that you are trying to redefine the way the browser 
works. That is going to confuse users because they expect the default 
behavior and you are screwing with it.

If you want to change the tab order, set the tabindex.

<URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#adef-tabindex >

Problem solved.

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Randy
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