Tabbing between text entry boxes
Aug 03, 2012
By
Greg Cannon
Hello,
Gold medal to anyone who can give me an idea how I can make it possible to tab between different text entry boxes.
I've managed to get it to advance to next slide by hitting the enter key once the final box (there are only 3!) has been completed but tabbing between the boxes is escaping me - I was hoping to change the state of the text entry box to normal once the tab key had been pressed but text entry boxes don't have states...!
If it's not possible then I would very much like it to be : )
Cheers,
Greg
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I'd also like to do this if anyone has ideas..
Tabbing works for me, I think it depends on where they are in the timeline in relation to one another. But I have just moved them around on the slide and it may gbe the position on the slide
Hi Phil,
Thanks for your response. I don't think it's a timeline issue that I'm having, it's more that I can't work out which trigger to use that will make the cursor move from one text entry box (as opposed to just a text box) to another...?!
cheers,
Greg
There is no trigger that does this, you can right click the box choose size and position and then alt text and untick the box object is visible to aceesibility tools which will stop it tabbing.
I cannot rememebr but i always thought the tab order was based on the position in the timeline, but this doesnt work, it seems to be based on the screen position
Thanks Phil! That's spot on - I've got 3 text entry boxes and did as you suggested on the first of them and can now successfully tab to the other 2.
Hi
If the text boxes are grouped then the Tab cannot be used to access the boxes other than the first one in the group. Maybe you have your boxes grouped?
This is perfect - exactly what I was looking for. One strange thing that's happening to me, though - I have several text entry boxes and when I move from the first to the second box, I have to hit tab twice. After that, a single tab moves from one text entry to the next just as it should. But consistently, on all the slides I'm using this on, the first time I press tab I have to hit it twice for it to work. Any ideas why this is happening?
Thanks for this thread - excited to have figured this out! Kristin, did you ever figure out the double tab issue on your first text entry box in a series?
Hi Miriam! Glad that this thread is still assisting users :) Thanks for popping in.
Because of this thread being over a year old, if you are having difficulty with something, I invite you to share with us here so that you can get some assistance.
Glad this thread is still helping folks out - and I'm not certain that Kristin is still subscribed to this thread - but if you're having difficulty with that same set up, please let us know. I suspect the tab is first selecting the slide as a whole before going to the elements on the slide as a part of the accessibility features of Storyline.
Thanks Leslie and Ashley - not having a problem with anything, just was excited to figure out how to do this and wondering if there was an answer about the double tabbing on the first box, but Ashley's answer makes sense, and I guess there's no work around for that. Thanks!
Happy to help Miriam and let us know if you need anything else!
I don't suppose since this was posted anyone's come up with a workaround for the double tab issue? I have both my text entry fields at the bottom of the timeline, and turned off accessibility visibility on all the other objects on the screen.
I wish the user to enter a username and then tab to the password box - but it only works if you press tab twice, which is not helpful :(
Hi Erin! Does this mean that it's actually the first item that the user is tabbing to, so it's being selected then tabbing off?
Leslie - I think per Ashley's comment above, it's because it selects the slide as a whole as the first item. I haven't found any way around that myself.
Right Miriam, sorry if I didn't explain that clearly, but it's the slide first and then the text entry element. Double tab seems to be the only option currently.
This thread helped me tremendously, but I, too, am having the same problem that Kristin had (over a year ago). My first box is fine, but i have to hit TAB twice to move to the next field, then all others are okay. Any ideas?
Hi Nan,
Are there other elements on your slide that it's catching first before moving to that next box?Once you're on the slide you should be able to tab from element to element, but if you're seeing something different we'd be happy to take a look at your .story file.
Well, I removed all of the "Object is visible to accessibility tools" for other non-text field items as mentioned in previous post. But i left all 4 fields alone. And therein lies the problem.
i just fixed it, however, by also removing the "Object is visible to accessibility tools" from that FIRST field. Now users can click to type in the first field, then press TAB once to move to next field. I love it when I solve my own problems! LOL
Happy to hear it Nan and thanks for the update.
This thread is the gift that keeps on giving!
Really helped me out with my systems-type training!
Looking for a totaly difrent problem with text entry i found this post. Verry helpfull!
I also got stuck with the multiple tapping to get to the second text entry, but i found the problem. Go to the masterslide and remove 'object is visible to accessibility tools' on every item AND the on te slide itself. Just right click on the edge of te slide.
Glad this thread helped you Erica, and that you were able to figure out how to stop the multiple tabbing set up. I did want to share the information here in terms of how the player set up is referring to the tabbing.
Im glad that i could share instead of just take, for once! Feel free to share!
I am glad this discussion started. I have a tabbing issue with one of my slides. I am concerned that unchecking the "Object is visible to accessibility tools" option will make it inaccessible. Here's what I'd like the user to be able to do:
Come to the slide. When they press the tab key, a box (rectangle shape) appears on the slide in a certain area. When they press the tab key again, a box appears in another area and the first one disappears. They do this about four more times until they get to the last box.
There is audio on the slide. At the end, the audio explains that they can go ahead and use the tab key to perform what I described above.
I tried changing the state of one of the boxes to Normal when the user presses the tab key. That didn't help. The boxes wouldn't show up on the screen. Instead, when the user presses the tab key, it just selected the player controls.
Any thoughts? Thank you in advance.
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