Re: Tabs + SELECTED

On Thursday 18 April 2002 02:31 pm, you wrote: > On Thursday, April 18, 2002, at 12:33 PM, Andre Dubuc wrote: > > Since these drop-down lists have " <OPTION SELECTED>In USA/Canada ", > > tabbing > > in the form jumps over these drop-downs [simply becuase they're > > filled]. I > > would like them to be included in the tabbing. > > > > Originally I used "tabindex" to control the flow over optional fields. I > > deleted the tabindex since the behavior of the form was erratic and > > non-logical in flow. > > > > Any ideas on how to circumvent the default behavior of <OPTION > > SELECTED>blah, > > blah , blah? > > To the best of my knowledge, this action is out of your control, at > least from the perspective of a PHP coder. It's the way the browser > handles user input, and nothing your PHP script on the server can do > will override this. > > In my browsers, Mozilla 0.9.9 Mac and IE5.1Mac, I don't get this > behavior even when there is a SELECTED option. Although, I use the form > <option selected="yes">blah blah</option>. Try your code using this > style, which incidentally is XHTML compliant, and maybe your browser > will respond differently. > > Or perhaps there is some JavaScript technique that can help you, if you > decide to go this route then you will want to investigate the > *focus-related attributes. > > Erik > > > > > ---- > > Erik Price > Web Developer Temp > Media Lab, H.H. Brown > pricee@hhbrown.com Thanks Eric, That did the trick! The tabs work in drop-downs now. Btw, I'm using Konqueror with LM 8.2. It seems to have some quirks in it. Mozilla & Galeon however don't seem to like my CSS stylesheet colors -- I'll have to figure that one out later. Regards, Andre -- Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust of abortion. Remember in your prayers the Holy Souls in Purgatory. May God bless you abundantly in His love! For a free Cenacle Scriptural Rosary Booklet: http://www.webhart.net/csrb/