Tab Index bug in IE?

did I miss this discussion?

[txbakers]

Several users have reported a strange bug with IE lately.

I have a form, and set the tabindex property of all the input boxes. However, sometimes, after entering the data in a box and pressing "tab", the cursor jumps to the address bar. I haven't been able to duplicate this consistently, and if you just tab through without entering data all is well.

Did I miss a discussion on this one?

Thanks.

[pageoneresults]

txbakers, I haven't run into this particular bug but did want to share with you a short story using my experience with the tabindex attribute.

I believe the best time to use the tabindex is when you have a tablular structure that does not allow for a natural tabbed flow.

Through my experimentation when making a site Bobby and 508 compliant, I realized that there really was no need to utilize the tabindex as all the browsers I tested automatically tabbed in the order the fields were in based on table structure.

If you remove the tabindex and have those people test again, what is the outcome? I'm not too certain that utilization of the tabindex attribute is required unless of course things are not in their normal place. ;)

17.11.1 Tabbing navigation [w3.org]

[txbakers]

Actually, I never had the tabinex attribute in there until we started noticing the bug. (or odd behavior).

I thought putting the tabindex in there would help stop this odd behavior.

If you want to see it for yourself, sticky me and I'll give you the URL> and passwords.