How do I auto-select/auto-focus a section when I click an UI Action or onSubmit C/S?

salvadormarchan · ‎11-26-2014

Hi,

How do I auto-select/auto-focus a section when I click an UI Action or onSubmit client script?

I have tried using focus() and select() on the target field but it is not showing when the section form is not selected.

Please help....

Thanks,

Dor

Slava Savitsky · ‎11-26-2014

To switch to a particular form section (tab), use the following client-side code:

g_tabs2Sections.setActive(X);

where X is the number of the section (tab).

For more information on how to deal with form tabs in scripts, have a look at this blog post:

Demystifying form tabs | SNOWman's Blog

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Slava Savitsky · ‎05-15-2017

You can use the following code to find out the number of a form section by the name of a field in that section:

g_tabs2Sections.findTabIndex('field_name');

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Ramiro Rincon B · ‎10-15-2020

This is the helpful function, this one right here.

Thanks a lot, Slava! You saved my day today.

So people, in other words, here is the entire instruction you can use to get the focus on a desired section where there is a specific field:

g_tabs2Sections.setActive(g_tabs2Sections.findTabIndex('field_name'));

Andrew Bettcher · ‎03-11-2020

Amazing. It isn't often that that first page I find on a Google search yields a result that is directly applicable and works with very little amendment.

Thank you.