Tip: Keeping the TAB key press in Adobe Captivate content in a browser
A couple of days ago I received this comment:
I'd like to see some workarounds for using the tab key inside a captivate project running on the web. Many times the browser steals back the Tab keyPress and it becomes non functional in the applications.
Our QA manager Suresh has provided a simple workaround:
There is a behavior called Seamless tabbing, which allows tabbing to extend beyond the movie and start with the browser address bar. To disable, follow these steps:
- Open the HTML file Adobe Captivate generates in a note pad or HTML editor
- Between the writeDocument <object> </object> tags, add the following '<param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="false">'+
- Save the HTML file
Your tabbing will now stay within the movie. I tested this for both IE and FF and it works.
Comments
Wonder if I am missing something. I have seen this work around before and I tried it and it has never worked for me. I am working in dreamweaver and changing the .htm file that captivate generates. Am I missing something?
SF: Just updated the entry - you'll need to include the param info in the first section writeDocument like the other parameters: ''+
Posted by: Zach | February 26, 2008 05:52 AM
Silke,
Thanks for the great blog! I know this is pretty simple, but can you publish this in the developer center? That way I won't lose it as you publish more content.
Thanks,
Jason Eden
VMware, Inc.
SF: We link from the dev center to this blog :)
Posted by: Jason Eden | March 2, 2008 12:28 PM
Thanks for above workaround! It helped a lot. I wonder, if something like this is possible to negate function keys to be passed to IE, too?
I already searched the dev center for help, but couldn´t find any hint.
Help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Tina
Posted by: Christina Wilhelm | April 1, 2008 05:02 AM