[IxDA Discuss] usability of tab focus

[Simon Asselbergs]

Hi All,

Some expert coorperate users want to have a lot of fields on a form so they can input large amounts of data at once, in a specific flow. They like to use the Tabkey to put focus on a field. Should all fields  using tabfocus events, or only the most used input pattern? What is the best practice? 

Example:
Imagine you have to design usability for one form with the fields: A,B,C,D,E,F,G
The average input pattern would be A,B,D,F.

Should I have a tab order like this

[TabIndex, field]
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
6. F
7. G

or like this

[TabIndex, field]
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. F
other fields don't respond to the tabfocus event.


Cheers,

Simon

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