I’ve got a form with a tabbed table which I’m modifying for web access. It works fairly well, but I’m running into an annoying problem with the interaction of field changes and the table tabs. Most of the tabs have a radio button field which determines conditions for the rest of the tab; a selection from the list determines the list of choices for other fields on the same tab (chosing option A in field 1 gives you options D, E and F in field 2, chosing option B in field 1 gives you options G, H, and I in field 2, and so on). In the radio button’s properties, I’ve got it set to refresh fields on keyword change so that it’ll recompute the options that depend on the first field. Works fine in Notes, and it does refresh the field choices in the web form. However, it has the side effect of jumping back to the first tab of the tabbed table. Now, I know I can manipulate the choices for the subsidiary fields with JavaScript, which I imagine will fix that behavior, but I’m hoping for something that won’t require quite so much typing. Is there a way to simply tell the form to stay on the tab it was on when the document refreshes?
Subject: Jumping tabs on field refresh
This has always been one of those fun but annoying problems to deal with. Unfortunately, JavaScript may be your only option. I would suggest using a hidden editable field to store the information as to what tab to have open (mimicing a Notes behavior), but that would only work if the browser did not clear fields every time the document refreshed (which has been know to happen from time to time, but may be worth a try).