Providing form navigation

You can make your forms easy to navigate using keyboard shortcuts. The Focus section of the different Inspectors lets you control the tab order of your fields.

In an HTML form, each element must receive focus from the viewer to become active and perform its task. In addition to clicking in a specific field, there are two alternative ways of navigating a form using the keyboard:

• You can define a tabbing chain, and then type text or press Enter to trigger some form-specific action.
• You can provide a platform-specific access key combination, and then type text or press Enter to trigger some form-specific action.

Note: Not all browser versions support form navigation control keys.

Related Subtopics:

Setting up tabbing chains
Defining access keys
Setting up special HTML elements