The xforms-next and xforms-previous events

Release 2.0 - ...

Dispatched in response to: user request to navigate to the next or previous Core Form Control.

Event Properties

Event Properties Value / Description
Target Core Form Controls
Bubbles No
Cancelable Yes
Context Info None

The default action for these events results in the following:

  • Navigation according to the default navigation order. For example, on a keyboard interface, "tab" might generate an xforms-next event, while "shift+tab" might generate an xforms-previous event.

Example

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<xforms:trigger id="nexttrigger">
   <xforms:label>Next</xforms:label>
   <xforms:action ev:event="DOMActivate">
      <xforms:dispatch name="xforms-next" targetid="input1"/> 
   </xforms:action>
</xforms:trigger>

Specification

Link to the XForms specification: the xforms-next and xforms-previous events.