Automatic tab when reaching the end of a field with limited character number

[Former Community Member]

Hello!

Is there a way of activating an automatic tab behaviour when the user reaches the end of a field with limited character number?

I'd like the cursor to jump to the next field in tab order automatically.

Possible?

Thank you for any hints!

Marcos

[kingphysh · Accepted solution]

Hi,

What if you tried something like the following example? This works using formCalc on the change event for the field the user is currently typing into:

    var fullCount = 3
    var currentString = xfa.event.newText
    if(Len(currentString) >= fullCount)then
        xfa.host.setFocus("TextField2")
    endif

Or, if you prefer javaScript:

    var fullCount = 3;
    var currentString = xfa.event.newText;
    if(currentString.length >= fullCount){
        xfa.host.setFocus("TextField2");
    }

These work very smoothly.

Hope this helps!

Stephen

[radzmar]

Here's another example you can work with.

http://blogs.adobe.com/formfeed/2009/04/field_tab_on_full.html

[Former Community Member]

Hey Kingphysh!

This one worked fine with text, number and data fields (so far I've tested with these) and solves my problem!

Thank you!

Marcos

[Former Community Member]

Hey Radzmar!

Works nice with text fields!

Thanks!