[MacLoggerContest] MacLoggerDX Tab Order

[Don Agro]

Hi John,

On 31-Jul-05, at 8:54 PM, John E Bastin wrote:

> There may be others, the one I have personal experience with is  
> FileMaker Pro. Tab from field to field, and you can manually select  
> the tab order of the fields.

Last time I checked FileMakerPro retailed for about $299.00 :)

According the Macintosh User Interface Guidelines...

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/ 
OSXHIGuidelines/index.html?http://developer.apple.com/documentation/ 
UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGIntro/ 
chapter_1_section_1.htmll>

"Tab

In text-oriented applications, the Tab key moves the insertion point  
to the next tab stop. In other contexts, Tab is a signal to proceed;  
it means “move to the next item in a sequence.” The next item can be  
a table cell or a dialog text field. Shift-Tab navigates in the  
reverse direction. Pressing Tab can cause data to be entered before  
focus moves to the next item."

To alter the spatial order of the Tab sequence is technically  
possible but very poor design.


73 Don Agro VE3VRW

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