How can I detect when a user tabs out of a field

Steve Smith (11/10/08 9:14AM)
Douglas Davis (11/10/08 9:23AM)
Jeff Grann (11/10/08 9:53AM)
John DeSoi (11/10/08 9:57AM)
bob.miller at parker.com (11/10/08 11:14AM)

Steve Smith (11/10/08 9:14 AM)

4D 2004.7 Mac OS x 10.4.11

I'd like to determine when a user tabs out a certain field/variable and

perform an accept of the current entry. I can't use on losing focus as
there

are checkboxes on the form that might be clicked after the user enters

something in the field. On before keystroke doesn't seem to fire for
the Tab

key. I tried testing the keystroke in the on losing focus event but
that

just returns the last char entered not the tab.

I have made a workaround by having the tab move to the accept button
which

then responds to the on getting focus to fire but it seems sort of
kludgy.

Any suggestions would be appreciated

TIA

Steve Smith
Douglas Davis (11/10/08 9:23 AM)

On Losing Focus will allow you to know when they left a field.  You
will

need to set up some sort of trigger to tell which field was left
though.

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Jeff Grann (11/10/08 9:53 AM)

How about trying On After Keystroke?

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John DeSoi (11/10/08 9:57 AM)

On Nov 10, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Steve Smith wrote:

I'd like to determine when a user tabs out a certain field/variable  

and

perform an accept of the current entry. I can't use on losing focus  

as there

are checkboxes on the form that might be clicked after the user enters

something in the field. On before keystroke doesn't seem to fire for  

the Tab

key. I tried testing the keystroke in the on losing focus event but  

that

just returns the last char entered not the tab.

If you want to write something generic, why not 'On Data Change' and  

'On Clicked' to handle fields, variables, and checkboxes?

John DeSoi, Ph.D.
bob.miller at parker.com (11/10/08 11:14 AM)

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How about the On Losing Focus form event?  This works regardless of
whether

you tab out of the field or click out of the field.

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