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Minor UI problem - tab order

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  • 15-02-2004 6:43pm
    #1
    NeverSayDie
    Registered Users Posts: 515 ✭✭✭


    Alright folks,
    excellent site youse got here - been using it for a while now, great place.

    Anyway, just a minor interface issue - apologies if this has been brought up before.

    On the user login page (when logging in to post, etc), the tab order on the form jumps from the "username" text box to the help link beside it, instead of down to the password box below it. Not sure how easy this is to change, given the table layout and all that, but if someone gets a chance it'd be handy.

    Just a minor issue, but I normally tab around forms, and it can be a nuisance when I end up typing my password into thin air, so to speak:)
    Post edited by Shield on


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    #2
    Giblet
    Registered Users Posts: 11,980 ✭✭✭✭Giblet


    Yeah that happens to me too, annoying.


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    #3
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,411 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Just tab again into the password box. It's probably a handy defence against spam bots signing up.


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    #4
    UnrealQueen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭UnrealQueen


    Strange, how come that doesnt happen to me? When i type in my username and then tab once, it goes down to the password box:confused:


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    #5
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    It is probably browser dependent. If anyone has a quick suggestion for a quick fix, then I'm all ears.


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    #6
    maxheadroom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭maxheadroom


    Is this helpful?

    http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/gls/g42.html


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    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Maybe. I added tabindex attributes to the form elements.


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    #8
    maxheadroom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭maxheadroom


    Still not fixed.

    Just to clarify, we are talking about the vbulletin generated login pages (like if you go to http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/usercp.php when not logged in), right?


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    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    On rereading, yeah, it probably was. That wasn't how I read it first time though. Try that again?


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    #10
    maxheadroom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭maxheadroom


    Still not working.

    but, given the general non-compliance of that code to the HTML spec, I'm unsure if it would help.

    There are no tabindex attributes attached to the form inputs. The relevant bits of code are:

    <input type="text" class="bginput" name="username" value="Unregistered" size="25">

    <input type="password" class="bginput" name="password" value="" size="25">


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