Better Key Navigation on Front Panels #2 (Tabbing Order)

[Benjamin_C]

Hi,

Another behavior that I find annoying isthe way LabVIEW manage the tabbing order with cluster.

Imagine a front panel with clusters (I thinkthat this is not unusual and that you will have no pain to imagine this). If acontrol embedded in a cluster has the key focus, the TAB key will only give thefocus to controls of this cluster. It is impossible to navigate outside thecluster!

In the following front panel I wouldexpect the following sequence when tabbing: Cluster_1.String_1 -> Cluster_1.String_2-> Cluster_1.String_3 -> Cluster_2.String_1 -> Cluster_2.String_2-> Cluster_2.String_3 -> Cluster_1.String_1 -> …

(According to  the cluster tabbing order)

 

[Technico]

I can't understand this idea does not have more KUDOS...

[Manzolli]

Some thoughts to address your question:

1. This is a relatively old idea, people are not reading it anymore;
2. The need for keyboard navigation is not very common;
3. Some people like or, at least, don't think it is so awkward the way it is now.