Hello, I have a step that include only one text field and some labels and pictures, on run mode, the user have to click with the mouse on this field and only than he can put his data in. What I’m suggesting here, to save the user time, on the step enter, execute a command that will put the cursor …

Hi Amit, Thank you for this feedback, we’ve started collecting cases for keyboard support. Any other cases you could think of that needs keyboard support? Zixuan

Hi Zixuan, As I opened another topic, a keyboard support can include this autofocus issue and raise the enter event on input objects such as text box or dropdown object, but as I said there is another topic on this exact suggestion Amit

+1 on this. I am surprised this is not in the product already. Just started using tulip and was already frustrated within my first 5min of developing test apps that a user has to select a text input before they can enter data. it would also be nice to have a trigger to automatically select the next …

Hey @trwilson - In the past couple releases we released the ability to add labels to inputs to help enable this workflow. In the past the label and fields need to be separate widgets, causing enter/tab behavior to be inconsistent [image] Now users can tab their way through each input w…

Hi @Pete_Hartnett , is there anything new on this topic ? Will I be able to set focus on anyone of current widgets on screen when user enter this step ? If, for example, you have 4 input texts on screen and some other widgets like embed table or buttons or labels … and I want that input text #1 wi…

focused in text field automatically， this requirement really needs to be added.

Thanks @rui - do you mind adding some context about why this is important to you as an app builder? Sincerely, Jake

Try to step through an App for collection input data and ask yourself, why you should do something with a label field :wink: 2cents Chris

Hi Jake, Think about such scenario where you have a simple app the checks temprature of a cooler, the user first choose order number in first step, in the next one he have some details on screen (labels) and only one numeric text box (type decimal), into it he have to write down the temprature he m…

Hi Jake, when go to a new step , user can directly enter the word in text field. but needn’t to click in the field befor enter. Increase user satisfaction. Another situation is that after the search is completed, the new search should cause the cursor to automatically jump into the text field.

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