Hi Lee,

How about if you put all the fields into the desired tab order, then put all the buttons at the end of the tab order, and wrote a simple script:
-Activate First Button - Uses the script step "Go to Object [ButtonOne]"

Make sure this script is listed in the Scripts menu, and that you have named at least the first button in the tab order.
As the user is tabbing through the fields and wants to use the buttons, they can press Command-1 to go to the first button, then the Return key will run that script, or pressing Tab will allow them to move through the remaining buttons, and press Return to run the one they want.

You could even have your script store the active field name in a global or variable, and write another script to return to that field after they are done using the buttons.
(I did make a very simple demo - let me know if you'd like to see it.) 

--
Steve Moore
Cumberland, Maine




On Jan 10, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Lee wrote:

> Tim,
> As a matter of interest how do you use the button/tab order option you suggested without using the mouse when a user is half way through a list of tab ordered data entries and they find they have no more data to enter and wish to 'get out of the current tab order' and use a scripted button.
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