Set Tab Order in V7

[BrentHedden]

Something changed in the 'Set Tab Order' layout feature with FM7. When I went to assign a new tab order on a layout, I used to be able to click anywhere on the area of the field, using FM6. Now with 7, I've got to click on the arrow to assign a number to it.

Does anyone know if this was changed on purpose, or is there some super-secret setting that I need to apply in order to be able to click on the field, like I'm used to and prefer?

Thanks!

[Lee Smith]

At least the versions are the same for both platform on this. I have to admit though, I didn't know about this ability before either.

Lee

[BrentHedden]

It's one of those features that's probably not used extensively by many people. But darn it - I use it all of the time. It can become a real pain if you've got several fields on the layout, or even worse, several fields on top of each other.

[BrentHedden]

At least FileMaker, Inc. is aware of the problem. There's a short listing about it in their knowledge base

http://filemaker.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/filemaker.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=365&p_created=1115172431&p_sid=CU8w8rOh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NDkmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PXNldCB0YWIgb3JkZXI*&p_li=&p_topview=1

It appears that it's happening in V8 as well. WHY didn't they fix it, if they ackowledged it's happening?

Well, at least you can set a tab order on fields AND buttons now - I don't recall FM touting that feature very much.