The code below is an example of how to automatically tab through a series of textboxes in your form to make your interface more user friendly.
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
var isNN = (navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape")!=-1);
function autoTab(input,len, e) {
var keyCode = (isNN) ? e.which : e.keyCode;
var filter = (isNN) ? [0,8,9] : [0,8,9,16,17,18,37,38,39,40,46];
if(input.value.length >= len && !containsElement(filter,keyCode))
{
input.value = input.value.slice(0, len);
input.form[(getIndex(input)+1) % input.form.length].focus();
}
function containsElement(arr, ele) {
var found = false, index = 0;
while(!found && index < arr.length)
if(arr[index] == ele)
found = true;
else
index++;
return found;
}
function getIndex(input) {
var index = -1, i = 0, found = false;
while (i < input.form.length && index == -1)
if (input.form[i] == input)index = i;
else i++;
return index;
}
return true;
}
// -->
</script>
<center>
<form>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Phone Number : <br>
1 - (
<small><input onKeyUp="return autoTab(this, 3, event);" size="4" maxlength="3"></small>) -
<small><input onKeyUp="return autoTab(this, 3, event);" size="4" maxlength="3"></small> -
<small><input onKeyUp="return autoTab(this, 4, event);" size="5" maxlength="4"></small>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Social Security Number : <br>
<small><input onKeyUp="return autoTab(this, 3, event);" size="4" maxlength="3"></small> -
<small><input onKeyUp="return autoTab(this, 2, event);" size="3" maxlength="2"></small> -
<small><input onKeyUp="return autoTab(this, 4, event);" size="5" maxlength="4"></small>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</center>
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