Focal Point Banner


As of December 1, 2020, Focal Point is retired and repurposed as a reference repository. We value the wealth of knowledge that's been shared here over the years. You'll continue to have access to this treasure trove of knowledge, for search purposes only.

Join the TIBCO Community
TIBCO Community is a collaborative space for users to share knowledge and support one another in making the best use of TIBCO products and services. There are several TIBCO WebFOCUS resources in the community.

  • From the Home page, select Predict: WebFOCUS to view articles, questions, and trending articles.
  • Select Products from the top navigation bar, scroll, and then select the TIBCO WebFOCUS product page to view product overview, articles, and discussions.
  • Request access to the private WebFOCUS User Group (login required) to network with fellow members.

Former myibi community members should have received an email on 8/3/22 to activate their user accounts to join the community. Check your Spam folder for the email. Please get in touch with us at community@tibco.com for further assistance. Reference the community FAQ to learn more about the community.


Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     HTML Composter and those annoying element outlines

Read-Only Read-Only Topic
Go
Search
Notify
Tools
HTML Composter and those annoying element outlines
 Login/Join
 
Francis Mariani
Expert
posted
Run an HTML Composter designed HTML page. Press the keyboard tab key. Elements on the page get the dotted line outline to highlight the element. I don't want this behaviour. This seems to be caused by the tabindex property - why does HTML Composter insist on putting a tabindex on every element on a page? Including panels and every element within a tab control?

For Internet Explorer, it seems I can set the tabindex to -1 and the outline does not appear, though I've read this is not reliable on other browsers. It also seems that the CSS "outline" property can control this behaviour. If I add this to a global stylesheet, it will eliminate the outline everywhere, but the tabbing behaviour will still work on the forms where I want it to.

Do I have to do both - set the tabindex to -1 where I don't want tabbing AND ALSO set the outline property?

Thanks.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Francis Mariani,


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
Posts: 10577 | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Registered: April 27, 2005Report This Post
MathematicalRob
Gold member
posted Hide Post
I've tested my pages on recent versions of IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari, and have found setting tabIndex=-1 to reliably eliminate an item from the tab list. This behavior is in line with the specifications too (see the last couple posts here [CLOSED] DS HTML Composer: Tab Index. I wonder if what you read might be old information?

Rob

This message has been edited. Last edited by: MathematicalRob,


WebFocus 8201m on Windows; App Studio 8201; Procedures: WebFocus with SQL; HTML Parameter Pages & Dashboard; Output: Excel, HTML, & PDF.
 
Posts: 88 | Location: MI | Registered: July 23, 2009Report This Post
Francis Mariani
Expert
posted Hide Post
Rob,

Thanks for the link to that previously-read thread!

Now I'd love an explanation as to why tabindex is furiously added to everything...


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
Posts: 10577 | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Registered: April 27, 2005Report This Post
Wep5622
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
Probably to confuse blind people.


WebFOCUS 8.1.03, Windows 7-64/2008-64, IBM DB2/400, Oracle 11g & RDB, MS SQL-Server 2005, SAP, PostgreSQL 11, Output: HTML, PDF, Excel 2010
: Member of User Group Benelux :
 
Posts: 1669 | Location: Enschede, Netherlands | Registered: August 12, 2010Report This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  

Read-Only Read-Only Topic

Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     HTML Composter and those annoying element outlines

Copyright © 1996-2020 Information Builders