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How to get a Text Entry field to auto-focus when a layer loads
OK, as a follow-on from this thread, I've just opened an old course, which had the same non-focused text entry field, so I looked up this discussion again to see what the final outcome was, but I didn't do myself any favours with the above response (LOL), so I thought I'd try figure it out again.
Here's what I just did to successfully give the entry field the desired focus:
- Select the slide needing fixing
- Go into Home > Focus Order > Select "Create a custom focus order" at the top
- Drag the entry field to the top.
When I tested the slide, the cursor was automatically blinking in the field - WOHOO! Weirdly, I had tried that in the past (as described above) but it didn't seem to make a difference at the time.
When I changed the setting back to "The default custom focus order", the focus stopped working for that field, so it definitely seems to be that setting that's making it work.
I hope that helps someone else 🤓
Thank you so much Brett!!! After spending a whole day trying to figure this out, this worked. Specifically, the part of dragging the entry field to the top. I had tried to figure it out and actually tried step 1 and 2 but messed it up by not moving it to the top and had moved it all the way to the bottom and that of course didn't work. Until I ran back to google and tried to research a little more and ran into this post. I'm not sure why none of the other options worked for me (e.g. moving it to back, creating another layer, etc.) but I suspect it's because I did a screen recording, then a try scene. Which probably added a few extra coding in the background.
That's great it's working for you too, Ricky! 🤓