How do I customize a tab order based on a drop-down choice?

[Former Community Member]

I need the tab order to change based on the user's choice in a drop-down at the top of the form. How do I do that?

[_Bruce_Robertson]

Hi,

Try this function

/*

*  Set next tab order for a form object.

*  @param {field or subform} formObject    The field or subform to update the traversal

*  @param {field or subform} target        The field or subform that will be inserted into the tab sequence

*/

function setTraversal(formObject, target)

{

    var traverse = formObject.traversal.resolveNode("traverse.[operation=='next']");

    if (traverse == null)

    {

        var traverseNode = xfa.template.createNode("traverse");

        formObject.traversal.nodes.append(traverseNode);   

    }

    traverseNode.ref = target.somExpression;

}

So to change the tab order for TextField1 so it becomes TextField3 use;

setTraversal(TextField1, TextField3)

Regards

Bruce