Tabing thru tabindex doesn't respect the order

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I'm developping a web page for a client and he's hell bent on using the tab
to navigate thru field input and button and links.

The problem I have is that if I start tabing at some point, in a random
fashion, the cursor jumps to the URL and the tabing starts over from there.
My problem is easyly replicable: I tab thru the page and I stop on an input
box, wait a few minutes and then tab again, I automaticaly jump to the URL.

I tried forcing the order with tabindex, doesn't work.
I used a focus on the first input field in the page, doesn't work.
I used tabindex to skip over frame and framest, using -ve values, it doesn't
help.

I'm out of idea, and I'm blaming this on IE, microsoft and satanic possession.

Does any one have any idea on how to solve the problem?
 
It seems fair to ask you to test the page in a variety of browser (or at
least one alternate, such as Firefox) before blaming the problem on IE.
Additionally a code sample would help to diagnose your problem. A url would
be even more helpful.

If you are focused on a particular form element, and leave focus from that
window and return focus to that window, focus should not change. It only
changes if you select a new focus by clicking on the webpage elsewhere or
clicking the address bar. Focus does not "time out" either in IE or Firefox.
Most average users don't use ALT+TAB to swith windows so to the likelyhood of
them clicking off the form is high.

Perhaps you could attempt to over-ride clicks within the page that aren't on
the form or in the correct order (forcing the user to follow tab order - BAD
IDEA) by implementing some custom javascript - but people can always turn
javascript off.

Btw, why on earth are you using frames?
 
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