tab
- Posted by George Walters <gwalters at sc.rr.com> Aug 09, 2001
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I guess my question here is... should the tab characters be reported by 'onKeyDown'? Is this a win32 bug or is it expected to not be reported? ...george ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irv Mullins" <irvm at ellijay.com> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> Subject: Re: tab > > > On Wednesday 08 August 2001 19:57, George Walters wrote: > > > > How do I get to do something with the tab and shiftTab characters. The > > onKeyPress and onKeyDown don't seem to do the trick?? Must I use the > > lostFocus?? > > If you're only wanting to update other fields based on values in the current > field, then call your update routine when the control loses focus. > > If your plans are more elaborate than that, please keep this in mind: > there are millions of people out there who expect the tab key to move > to the next control on a page, and Shift-Tab to move to the previous > control. Best not to disappoint them. > > Regards, > Irv > > > > > > >