Thank you for your reply, I will try this solution out.

Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: Jagdeep Dua <Jag.Dua@n...>
To: javascript <javascript@p...>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 5:48 PM
Subject: [javascript] RE: Bypassing input fields


> The correct way to do this would be to determine, before entering the
form,
> what sort of user is filling it out, and custom build the fields for that
> particular user. In general, only present the fields relevant to the user.
>
> If you insist on presenting the entire form though, then the following,
> which is not necessarily an elegant solution, may help:
>
> a) first place the fields logically in the most commonly used order and
set
> the tab order appropriately
> b) use the onfocus event on each field to trigger a javascript client side
> validation routine that checks to see what has already been filled out and
> then set the focus to the correct next field using
> document.myForm.nextField.focu() method.
>
> The down side of this is that the User may see a "flicker" as the cursor
> jumps from field to field.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Waddington
> Sent: 02 August 2000 18:03
> To: javascript
> Subject: [javascript] Bypassing input fields
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I have a web page form that is rather long, and under certain 
> circumstances the user will not need to enter data into quite a lot of 
> the fields. It would be nice if he/she could click on a button or 
> something so that the cursor move directly to the next field to be 
> completed, so that the user doesn't have to scroll down nearly a whole 
> screen's worth.
>
> Does anyone know how to do this? The term 'bookmark' seems to ring some 
> bells but I don't seem to be able to find any information about them. 
> What I really want to do I suppose is set up a sort of hyperlink within 
> the page.
>
> Any help will be much appreciated.
>
> Thank you
>
> Pat
>
>
>