Can I force an InfoPath browser form to open at the top of the form - InfoPath Dev Sign in | Join | Help in Browser Forms InfoPath (Entire Site) InfoPath Dev InfoPath Dev is dedicated to bringing you the information and tools you need to be successful in your Microsoft Office InfoPath development projects. Home Blogs Forums Photos Downloads InfoPath Dev » InfoPath » Browser Forms » Can I force an InfoPath browser form to open at the top of the form Use our Google Custom Search for best site search results. Can I force an InfoPath browser form to open at the top of the form Last post 04-27-2015 09:16 AM by vallikann. 7 replies. Page 1 of 1 (8 items) Sort Posts: Oldest to newest Newest to oldest Previous Next 08-31-2010 10:32 AM Tom_G Joined on 08-18-2010 Posts 5 Can I force an InfoPath browser form to open at the top of the form Reply Contact Wne my InfoPath form loads in the browser the cursor moves to the first editbale field on the form. In many of my views this is in near the bootom of the form, with many read only fileds at the top. How can I make InfoPath display the top of the form when the form loads? Thanks,Tom 09-01-2010 10:45 AM In reply to Selarim Joined on 10-30-2009 Brazil Posts 48 Re: Can I force an InfoPath browser form to open at the top of the form Image1.png Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact You can put an invisible field on your form and set it to read-only. Then you can do this (like in the image): Hope this helps... 09-01-2010 10:55 AM In reply to Selarim Joined on 10-30-2009 Brazil Posts 48 Re: Can I force an InfoPath browser form to open at the top of the form Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact I'm sorry, you said you already have read-only fields. Then, the only thing you should do is set the value of some top field to "0" (like I did in my image).. Regards.. Selarim 09-01-2010 12:31 PM In reply to Tom_G Joined on 08-18-2010 Posts 5 Re: Can I force an InfoPath browser form to open at the top of the form Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact Thanks for getting back to me, I tried setting one of the first read only fields to tab order 0, but the form still moves to the first non-read only field (which in my case is a file attachment control). Have you experiecned this? Thanks again, Tom 09-01-2010 01:17 PM In reply to Selarim Joined on 10-30-2009 Brazil Posts 48 Re: Can I force an InfoPath browser form to open at the top of the form Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact Well, the only option I found is a button with no rules. Set its size to 1px. I know this is not the best idea, but is the only one I found. Hope this helps, Tom. Regards, Selarim 09-02-2010 06:58 AM In reply to Tom_G Joined on 08-18-2010 Posts 5 Re: Can I force an InfoPath browser form to open at the top of the form Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact I used the button idea, thanks, Tom 08-28-2012 03:06 PM In reply to Dom80 Joined on 07-11-2008 Posts 31 Re: Can I force an InfoPath browser form to open at the top of the form Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact This helped me out too. Thanks! 04-27-2015 09:16 AM In reply to vallikann Joined on 04-27-2015 Posts 1 Re: Can I force an InfoPath browser form to open at the top of the form Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact Thats an awesome idea. I was struggling with it for 2 weeks. It works perfectly fine.Thank you. Button idea is the best.! Thanks,Valli Page 1 of 1 (8 items) Copyright © 2003-2019 Qdabra Software. All rights reserved.View our Terms of Use.
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Wne my InfoPath form loads in the browser the cursor moves to the first editbale field on the form. In many of my views this is in near the bootom of the form, with many read only fileds at the top. How can I make InfoPath display the top of the form when the form loads?
Thanks,Tom
You can put an invisible field on your form and set it to read-only. Then you can do this (like in the image):
Hope this helps...
I'm sorry, you said you already have read-only fields. Then, the only thing you should do is set the value of some top field to "0" (like I did in my image)..
Regards..
Selarim
Thanks for getting back to me,
I tried setting one of the first read only fields to tab order 0, but the form still moves to the first non-read only field (which in my case is a file attachment control). Have you experiecned this?
Thanks again,
Tom
Well, the only option I found is a button with no rules. Set its size to 1px. I know this is not the best idea, but is the only one I found.
Hope this helps, Tom.
Regards,
I used the button idea, thanks,
Thats an awesome idea. I was struggling with it for 2 weeks. It works perfectly fine.
Thank you. Button idea is the best.!