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3. Click OK.
To set the tab order for repeating fields:
When you arrange multiple repeating fields next to each other to form a table-like grid on a layout,
the default tab order (shown below) moves left-to-right across each row instead of down each
column, regardless of whether each repeating field is displayed horizontally or vertically.
For multiple repeating fields arranged like this, you can quickly specify whether to tab through the
first repetition of each different field first, or within the same field first.
1. Start setting the tab order as described above, and click Create new tab order to define a
new tab order for all fields.
2. Set the tab order for any fields that appear before the grid of repeating fields.
3. Do one of the following to set the tab order for the grid of repeating fields:
Place a new object in the tab order Click the arrow beside the object. The next number in the tab
order appears in the arrow. Leave this, or backspace to delete
the number and type the number you want. When you click
another arrow, or after you click OK in the Set Tab Order dialog
box, the number you replaced is incremented, and any objects
after it in the tab order are automatically resequenced.
Add the rest of the objects to the
tab order
From the Add remaining drop-down list, select Objects and
click Add.
Create a new tab order for all
objects
• Click Clear All, and from the Add remaining drop-down
list, select Objects and click Add.
• Or, click Clear All and click arrows in the order you want.
FileMaker
Pro inserts numbers in that order in the arrows.
Create a new tab order for fields
only or for buttons only
• Click Clear All, and from the Add remaining drop-down
list, select Fields only or Buttons only and click Add.
• Or, click Clear All and click arrows in the order you want.
FileMaker
Pro inserts numbers in that order in the arrows.
Remove objects from the tab order Choose one of the following:
• As you set a new tab order, don't click the objects you want
to omit.
• For objects that already display a number, select the
number and press Backspace or Delete.
• From the Remove drop-down list, select All fields or All
buttons and click Remove.
To Do this