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Paolo F Cantoni

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New Properties Window Tab order insane
« on: April 15, 2019, 05:06:08 pm »
I quite like the new Properties Window that adapts to what you are selecting.  However, one aspect seems insane.

If you entering a value in one of the controls on the form, and you hit [Tab], you DON'T go to the next entry field, but to the label of the field you just entered.  Hitting [Tab] again takes you to the entry field you just left.  Round and round you go [Tab] after [Tab].   ::)

<rhetorical question>Can anyone provide a rationale for this totally counterintuitive behaviour?</rhetorical question>

I didn't think so...

Needs to be fixed - quick smart!

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Re: New Properties Window Tab order insane
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2019, 05:50:06 pm »
It's ever been so. Check the order settings for the columns. Some Sparxian once "explained" it but to me this is just alien thinking.

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Re: New Properties Window Tab order insane
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2019, 09:56:03 am »
The tab order seems to change depending on which context the form is operating in.  Cf Diagram Properties vs Element Properties.

Neither of them is normal, but both variants of insanity

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