How to capture 'tab' key

[Mariano01]

I´m having a problem, i need the TAB key to follow a sequence, but i don´t know how to avoid it to go to the bars of the explorer.
Is that possible?

Thanks!

Mariano Carpentier

 

[LFI]

There is a TABINDEX attribute in HTML that should dictate where the cursor goes when you tab through a page. I have not had much luck with it, however.

In Internet Explorer, you can use the keyCode attribute of the event object to check for tab and respond accordingly:

<script>
function tabNext()
{
 if(event.keyCode == <whatever it is for TAB>)
 {
  <put focus where I want it>
  return false;
 }
 else
 {
  return true;
}
</script>
...
<input type='text' onkeydown = 'tabNext()' />

Other browsers have other ways of capturing a key (like a TAB), so if you need to be cross-browser friendly, you'll want to look into those as well. Their methods will be similar to this.

Dave


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