TABINDEX Attribute | tabIndex Property

Sets or retrieves the tab index for the object.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT TABINDEX = iIndex ... >
Scripting	object.tabIndex [ = iIndex ]

Possible Values

iIndex

Nonnegative integer denoting the tab index. (-1 may be used to remove the object from the order.)

The property is read/write with no default value.

Remarks

Tab selection order is determined by the value of tabIndex as follows:

• All objects with a tabIndex greater than 0 are selected in increasing tab index order, or in source order for duplicate tab index values.
• All objects with a tabIndex equal to 0, or without tabIndex set, are selected next, in source order.
• Elements with tabIndex of -1 are omitted from tabbing order.

Applies To

A, APPLET, AREA, BDO, BODY, BUTTON, DIV, EMBED, FIELDSET, HR, HTMLAREA, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, MARQUEE, OBJECT, SELECT, TABLE, TEXTAREA

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