com.vaadin.ui.

Class AbstractFocusable

    • Constructor Detail

      • AbstractFocusable

        protected AbstractFocusable()
    • Method Detail

      • setTabIndex

        public void setTabIndex​(int tabIndex)

        Description copied from interface: Component.Focusable

        Sets the tabulator index of the Focusable component. The tab index property is used to specify the order in which the fields are focused when the user presses the Tab key. Components with a defined tab index are focused sequentially first, and then the components with no tab index.

         Form loginBox = new Form();
         loginBox.setCaption("Login");
         layout.addComponent(loginBox);
        
         // Create the first field which will be focused
         TextField username = new TextField("User name");
         loginBox.addField("username", username);
        
         // Set focus to the user name
         username.focus();
        
         TextField password = new TextField("Password");
         loginBox.addField("password", password);
        
         Button login = new Button("Login");
         loginBox.getFooter().addComponent(login);
        
         // An additional component which natural focus order would
         // be after the button.
         CheckBox remember = new CheckBox("Remember me");
         loginBox.getFooter().addComponent(remember);
        
         username.setTabIndex(1);
         password.setTabIndex(2);
         remember.setTabIndex(3); // Different than natural place
         login.setTabIndex(4);
         

        After all focusable user interface components are done, the browser can begin again from the component with the smallest tab index, or it can take the focus out of the page, for example, to the location bar.

        If the tab index is not set (is set to zero), the default tab order is used. The order is somewhat browser-dependent, but generally follows the HTML structure of the page.

        A negative value means that the component is completely removed from the tabulation order and can not be reached by pressing the Tab key at all.

        Specified by:

        setTabIndex in interface Component.Focusable

        Parameters:

        tabIndex - the tab order of this component. Indexes usually start from 1. Zero means that default tab order should be used. A negative value means that the field should not be included in the tabbing sequence.

        See Also:

        Component.Focusable.getTabIndex()

      • getState

        protected TabIndexState getState()

        Description copied from class: AbstractComponent

        Returns the shared state bean with information to be sent from the server to the client. Subclasses should override this method and set any relevant fields of the state returned by super.getState().

        Overrides:

        getState in class AbstractComponent

        Returns:

        updated component shared state