I have a simple data entry form made up of edit boses, drop downs and pop ups depending on the source data. My issue is that whilst I can tab between edit boxes and drop down menus, when I enter the pop up menus it doesn't seem to take the focus. I therefore have to revert to my mouse to select an item from the list.

Any ideas?

I have a simple data entry form made up of edit boses, drop downs and pop ups depending on the source data. My issue is that whilst I can tab between edit boxes and drop down menus, when I enter the pop up menus it doesn't seem to take the focus. I therefore have to revert to my mouse to select an item from the list.

Any ideas?

That's the way it works on the Mac, unfortunately.

Ouch! So I'm guessing that a way around it is to set everything as a dropdown menu rather than a popup menu as dropdowns accept Tab entry.

However, when I select from a popup it returns on screen the value from field 2 of my value list (a text value) whilst storing the value from field 1 (the unique serial number). With a drop down, for some reason it shows the text in the dropdown menu but then shows the ID number whilst selected.

Is there a simple way of getting it to display the text and store the ID number?

Cheers

Tatty

You could layer two fields. One is the drop-down list, and on top (with enter in browse field behavior off), is the related text field.

However, be careful with drop down lists. They allow users to enter anything. So, if you wish to force a selection from a fixed list of values, you need to have field validation as well.

Seems you are trying for an all-keyboard entry. If not, you might want to review this article which describes other entry-interface options beyond drop-down lists and popup menus: Scott Love's Popup Pickers Article.