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• allan Posts: 61,665Questions: 1Answers: 10,095 Site admin

  October 2018 Answer ✓

  Good point. Currently no, there is no way to skip over a field for focus like that. Editor will attempt to set focus on the field that was specified (0 by default as you say). If it can't, no focus will be set. Currently you'd need to set focus on index 1.

  Allan
• Loren Maxwell Posts: 387Questions: 94Answers: 10

  October 2018

  For anyone interested, here's the solution I ended up doing.

  I wanted the form to open and skip field types that cannot accept an entry (display, hidden, and readonly) and also skip fields with a default value.

  In the editor's open event I look for the first field where the canReturnSubmit function is not undefined (or null) and the default value is null to find the first field open for immediate entry.

  This does NOT address the readonly field, which does have a canReturnSubmit function unless it has a default value.

  Seems hackish, especially checking the canReturnSubmit, but it works for what I'm doing.

  @allan, maybe a canReceiveFocus field property would be helpful?

  At any rate:

  editor_sa_conferences = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor({
      "table": "#sa_conferences",
      "formOptions": {
          "main": {
              "onReturn": function (editor, ev) {
                  console.log(ev.ctrlKey);
              }
          },
          "inline": {
              "submit": "allIfChanged",
              "drawType": "none"
          }
      },
      "ajax": {
          "url": "/wiki/extensions/GHSFHA/models/database/m_sa_conferences.php",
          "type": "POST",
          "data": {
              "currentUser": "Loren Maxwell"
          }
      },
      "fields": [{
          "name": "id",
          "def": null,
          "label": "Id",
          "type": "display"
      }, {
          "name": "season_name",
          "def": null,
          "label": "Season"
      }, {
          "name": "organization",
          "def": null,
          "label": "Organization"
      }, {
          "name": "class",
          "def": null,
          "label": "Class"
      }, {
          "name": "conference_name",
          "def": null,
          "label": "Conference name"
      }, {
          "name": "abbrv",
          "def": null,
          "label": "Abbreviation"
      }, {
          "name": "cross_count",
          "def": null,
          "label": "Cross count",
          "type": "checkbox",
          "separator": "|",
          "options": [{
              "label": "",
              "value": 1
          }],
          "unselectedValue": 0
      }]
  }).on('open', function (e, mode, action) {
      if (mode === 'main') {
          var focused = false;
          var i = 0;
          do {
              var fieldname = editor_sa_conferences.fields()[i];
              if (editor_sa_conferences.field(fieldname).canReturnSubmit != null && editor_sa_conferences.field(fieldname).def() == null) {
                  editor_sa_conferences.field(fieldname).focus();
                  focused = true;
              } else {
                  ++i
              }
          } while (!focused && i < editor_sa_conferences.fields().length);
      }
  }).on('open', function (e, mode, action) {
      if (mode === 'main') {
          sa_conferences.keys.disable();
      }
  }).on('close', function () {
      sa_conferences.keys.enable();
  });
  
• allan Posts: 61,665Questions: 1Answers: 10,095 Site admin

  October 2018

  canReceiveFocus

  I like that. Added to my list