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Force Focus on Green Button

Is there a way to force focus on the green button at the bottom of the sidebar view?

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Jake

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  • QUOTE (jakes @ Mar 11 2010, 09:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Is there a way to force focus on the green button at the bottom of the sidebar view?

    Thanks,
    Jake

    Why exactly? You just want to move focus to the green button, or load the settings view?
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  • QUOTE (Steve @ Mar 11 2010, 09:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Why exactly? You just want to move focus to the green button, or load the settings view?


    I have a view that has a splash screen with no focusable buttons. The screen encourages users to enter the settings page to input additional data. If I set focus: false on the splash view I am unable to use the up and down arrows to change the focus to the title bar or the green button. Setting focus: true takes the focus and allows for interaction but the initial focus is hidden from the user.
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  • QUOTE (jakes @ Mar 11 2010, 11:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I have a view that has a splash screen with no focusable buttons. The screen encourages users to enter the settings page to input additional data. If I set focus: false on the splash view I am unable to use the up and down arrows to change the focus to the title bar or the green button. Setting focus: true takes the focus and allows for interaction but the initial focus is hidden from the user.

    I'm not sure of a way to do this. You might want to think about including a button on the splash page that will load the settings view though, and mention that the green button can be used for later modification. Most users should know that the green button brings them to the settings page.
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  • Thanks for your input Steve, the biggest concern is that Yahoo QA identified the "hidden focus" as a problem. I'm just trying to establish the best practice for solving this. Forcing focus on the green button seems like the ideal way to handle it at the moment (if it is possible).
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  • The best practice is to put a button inside your view which when pressed loads the settings view.
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