Form automatic tab

[Guest]

Hello, I have created a forms page and have phone numbers as fields. What I
would like to do is when you enter the area code the curser automatically
tabs to the next field rather than manually tabbing. I hope this makes sense.
http://www.cdgroupinc.com/CDG_New/rep_form.htm
Thank you

 

[Paul C]

Hi Regina
Here is a script found on hotscripts

http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/autotab.shtml

Paul M

 

[Guest]

Thank you Paul, Could you tell me exactly where to put it in the code? It
says to put it in the body but when I put it where I need it right after the
email field I get an error and it doesn't tab.
http://www.cdgroupinc.com/CDG_New/new_page_2.htm
Regina

 

[Paul C]

Hi
You are better to start over with the form copy and paste the code where you
want the form in the body change the input name to your field name for eg

<input type="text" name="first" size=4 onKeyup="autotab(this,
document.sampleform.second)" maxlength=3>

to
<input type="text" name="email" size=4 onKeyup="autotab(this,
document.sampleform.address)" maxlength=3>

each of the input fields points to the next so it would look like this if
you wantes to have the address field after the email field
<input type="text" name="email" size=4 onKeyup="autotab(this,
document.sampleform.address)" maxlength=3>
<input type="text" name="address" size=4 onKeyup="autotab(this,
document.sampleform.address)" maxlength=3>
the last field does not have the key up because there is no other field
after remember sampleform is the name of the form so if yours is defferent
you will have to change the line
(this, document.sampleform.address)to (this, document.yourformname.address)
Paul M

 

[Guest]

Thanks Paul I just couldn't get it to work using the link you gave me (I am
kind of a beginner) but I ended up doing some searching on the web and came
up with this script
http://www.codingforums.com/archive/index.php?t-43395.html it works fine. I
do have one more question though; okay here is my form
http://www.cdgroupinc.com/CDG_New/rep_form.htm why are some of the fields
highlighted and some are not? I made them exactly the same way

 

[Bob Lehmann]

when you enter the area code the curser automatically tabs to the next
field

Unless this for mega-data entry personell, I find this to be one of the most
irritating, confusing, non-usable stupid tricks people "enhance" their forms
with.

Even you use the word "curser" instead of "cursor". Freudian slip perhaps?

Bob Lehmann

 

[Tom Willett]

Bob: Do you mean: "personnel" ;-)

 

[Paul C]

Hi Regina
Evereything looks ok to me. Baybe you have fixed the problem by the time I
got here
Best wishes
Paul M