Re: [libreoffice-users] 2 questions related to Base Design Form

On 11/06/2013 07:54 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
> In Libreoffice Base The Form Design window, I was trying to get it 
> where the cursor starts in the first field. Right now it is in the top 
> left corner at start up (data entry) like it is when I go into form 
> edit mode. In exploring ways to do this I had clicked on an icon 
> called "Automatic Control Focus" so now the form controls (record 
> advance, 1st record, last record, & new record) are greyed out. The 
> only way to advance is by tabbing from the last field or to go back a 
> record shift & tab from the first field.
>
> I am running Libreofice 4.1.3.2 on Fedora 20 Alpha. So I have two 
> questions:
>
> 1. How do I disable this automatic control focus?
>
> 2. How do I get the cursor to start in the first field when I'm in 
> Data Entry Mode?
Scott,
I am using LO 3.6.7.2 under Slackware Linux, not 4.x, but it looks like 
the "Automatic Control Focus" icon is alternate-action.  If you go back 
into form edit mode, click on the icon and see if it turns off (no 
border around it).

I do not use that feature.  I use the "Activation Order" feature to 
order the controls in my forms.  In my 3.x, this icon is two to the left 
of the "Automatic Control Focus" icon.  It contains a checkbox and a 
radio button (bulls-eye).  Clicking on this icon should get you a "Tab 
Order" window that allows you to edit the activation order of your 
form's controls by selecting the control from the list on the left and 
moving it up or down in the list with the buttons on the right.  I 
usually select the "Automatic Sort" first and then go back and refine 
the order with the up and down buttons.

In addition, if there are any controls you do not want to tab to, such 
as a read-only control, the tab can be disabled on a control-by-control 
basis by the "Tabstop" option under the "General" tab in the control's 
properties dialog.

Hope this helps.
Girvin Herr


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