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Hi - I was wondering if there's any way to change the tab order on a form within a model driven app? Right now within a section if there are multiple columns it goes down column 1 then to column 2, down column 2 then to column 3, etc. Is there anyway to make the tab order go Column 1A, Column 2A, Column 3A, Column 1B, Column 2B, etc? Maybe is there isn't a built in way there's a way to do it with javascript? Thanks for the help!
Hi @cwwhite1 ,
Unfortunately at present, there is no way to adjust the tab order through the UI - it goes in the logical order top to bottom, left to right.
You can try overwriting it using Javascript, here's a sample code snippet you could use:
function LefttoRight() { for (var i = 0; i < Xrm.Page.ui.controls.getLength() ; i++) { var control = Xrm.Page.ui.controls.get(i); var element = document.getElementById(control.getName()); if (element.tabIndex && element.tabIndex != "0") { if (element.className == 'ms-crm-Hidden-NoBehavior') continue; if (element.tagName == 'A') { if (element.className != 'ms-crm-InlineTabHeaderText') continue; } element.tabIndex = 1000 + (i * 10); } }
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Hi@PowerPuffKK - thanks for the response! I tried the code, but I am getting cannot read property of null error even though I am putting in a catch for it. Any suggestions? Have you used the below code successfully to change the tab order? Thanks again for the help
Not sure if this is by design or not, but if you expand the column width of a field in a section from one column to multiple columns, the tab order for that section changes from column-based to row-based.
This actually works!
Thank you Mosied!! This tip/trick/workaround actually does work perfectly for my scenario as well. And, I was trying to troubleshoot/modify the JavaScript, all to no avail.
Also, the field that you use for this does not have to remain visible or store any data. So, I created a new text field in my Dataverse table named "Horizontal Tab Order" which I now add to every section that I want to have row-based tab movement, instead of the default column-based tab movement. Then, I hide that field on the form. Easy fix, not found in Microsoft docs. Thanks again, Mosied, for the tip.
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