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Move cursor to next item automatically or with 'Enter' (scanning in a barcode entry)

user8981043Dec 6 2016 — edited Feb 22 2017

Hello,

I have an apex application using Apex 4.2.  I have a form which will be using a scanner to scan a barcode entry into the first text item.  I would like for the cursor to automatically move to the next item after each scan.  The scanner is the type that works well with Excel and Access.  It enters the number into a cell along with a carriage return to go to the next cell/field.  Apex uses tab, so is there a way to use carriage return/enter instead?  Note that there is no maximum length. There are two possible barcode lengths we have discovered so far.  Any help would be appreciated.  I don't want to use Access as we are talking about hundreds of thousands of records (not all will be scanned in but kept in the tables for other purposes).  Lastly, I have been working with Apex for while but not very knowledgeable with javascript.

Thank you!

Sam

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