[Solved] Move down in a table with Tab key

[Mhilinski1]

I have a document open and i am working in a table when i hit the tab key on the keyboard it doesn't go over to the table that i want it goes to another table how do i fix this?

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[FJCC]

The only behavior of the tab key that I have seen is that it moves the cursor to the next cell to the right unless the cursor is at the end of the row, in which case it moves the cursor to the leftmost cell of the next row. A new row will be inserted if necessary. (I have not experimented with merged cells.) If you are seeing something else, please post a document that shows the behavior and explain exactly what behavior you see.
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[Mhilinski1]

I have attached the file below toshow you what the document is and what itdoes when i hit the tab key again it does the same thing as before this is fustrating to me beacuse i can't figureout what i am doing wrong?

[JeJe]

Do you mean instead of going along the row you want the tab key to move down the column?

If not, where in the table is the tab key, where does it go when you press it, and where do you want it to go?

[Mhilinski1]

yes i want the tab key to move down the colmn/

[Bill]

yes i want the tab key to move down the colmn/

That's not standard behavior for the Tab key. Pressing the Tab key moves to the next tab stop in a line or the next cell in a table row. Use the arrow keys to move up or down.

[Hagar Delest]

Or keep pressing the Tab key until you reach the next line.

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[JeJe]

If you want to go to the next column down when the cursor is not at the end of a cell then press

the 'End' key with the 'Ctrl' key held down
This takes the cursor to the end of the cell.

Then the down arrow key will go to the next cell

If you record those key presses with the macro recorder you can create a simple macro and can assign a shortcut key to it to do both steps at once, if desired.

Code: Select all

Sub GoDownColumn
dim document,dispatcher
document   = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame
dispatcher = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper")
dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:GoToEndOfDoc", "", 0, Array()) 'end of cell if in a cell
dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:GoDown", "", 0, array())
End Sub