Creating a Tabbing Order

In the built Help file, users can select the hot spots either with the mouse or with the keyboard. When using a keyboard, users press the TAB key to move from one hot spot to the next. This is called the tabbing order.

Hotspot Editor creates the tabbing order in the same order that you create the hot spots within the graphic.

To create a specific tabbing order

1.nDefine each hot spot in the same order you want users to follow in the built Help file.

Viewing the Tabbing Order

After you have created one or more hot spots, you can view the tabbing order by using the Select command on the Edit menu.

To view the tabbing order in a hypergraphic

1.nFrom the Edit menu, choose Select.

The Select dialog box appears, listing all the defined hot-spots in the hypergraphic. The hot spots are displayed in the order in which they were created, with the first hot spot at the top of the list box.

Changing the Tabbing Order

If you have already created hot spots in a hypergraphic, and later you want to change the tabbing order, you can use commands on the Edit menu to do so.

To change the tabbing order

1.1.From the Edit menu, choose Select.

The Select dialog box appears with the hot spots listed in the current tabbing order, as shown in Figure 11.x.

2.2.Select the hot spot that you want to move to the top of the tabbing order.

3.3.Choose the Select button.

The hot-spot rectangle displays eight sizing handles, indicating that it is the currently selected hot spot.

4.3.From the Edit menu, choose Delete.

Or press the DEL key.

The hot spot is deleted.

5.3.From the Edit menu, choose Undo.

The hot spot is restored to the hypergraphic, and it is moved to the top of the tabbing order. To view the new tabbing order, use the Select command.

6.3.From the Edit menu, choose Select to view the new tabbing order.

The selected hot spot is at the top of the tabbing order, as shown in Figure 11.1.

Note If you did not assign unique identifiers to each hot spot, it may be impossible to tell that the tabbing order has changed.

7.3.Repeat steps 1–5 to move another hot spot.