# Tabulation issue

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/tabulation-issue/170350>\
**Category:** Need help\
**Created:** [September 21, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/tabulation-issue/170350 "2021-09-21T14:37:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sylvainn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/sylvainn/32/93212_2.png) [@sylvainn](https://forum.bubble.io/u/sylvainn)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/tabulation-issue/170350/1 "2021-09-21T14:37:46Z")

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Hello,

When I use the tab key on my keyboard to fill the form, it doesn’t jump to the next input. Instead it jumps to one at the bottom of the form. Why is that? How can fix this issue?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Dracut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/dracut/32/105592_2.png) [@Dracut](https://forum.bubble.io/u/Dracut)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/tabulation-issue/170350/2 "2021-09-21T14:41:20Z")

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It all has to do with tab-index, and sometimes the way that bubble auto-generates the tab-index can be really weird. I _think_ it has to do with the order in which inputs were created and the way they are grouped together. Not for sure.

Here are some useful forum topics:

> [@Adjust Tab Order](http://forum.bubble.io/t/adjust-tab-order/9863):
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> Is there a way to adjust the tab order in the user input fields that I have on each page? By tab order, I mean when the user hits tab on the keyboard and the type prompt moves to the next input field. Thanks!

> [@How to define a sequence input fields?](http://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-define-a-sequence-input-fields/585/29):
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> Hey Bubblers! Wanted to share a solution we found, when the default tab order set by Bubble is not working as expected (especially when a repeating group with inputs and auto-binding is used so that the number of inputs is not known from the beginning. Attach the Jquery library to the app by pasting this code \<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"\>\</script\> in the settings-\>seo&metatags-\>script/metatags in header (see screenshot below) I…

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**Author:** ![sylvainn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/sylvainn/32/93212_2.png) [@sylvainn](https://forum.bubble.io/u/sylvainn)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/tabulation-issue/170350/3 "2021-09-22T13:42:18Z")

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You were right. It is in order the inputs were created. I had to cut-paste the inputs but it kills all the workflow data. Had to do it again ☹

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**Author:** ![draked123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/draked123/32/262422_2.png) [@draked123](https://forum.bubble.io/u/draked123)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/tabulation-issue/170350/4 "2021-09-22T14:45:54Z")

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That stinks and I am sorry… Maybe an idea for the [ideaboard](https://bubble.io/ideaboard) would be to expose the Tab-Index on the properties, if that’s even a possibility.

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**Author:** ![jared.gibb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/jared.gibb/32/123329_2.png) [@jared.gibb](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jared.gibb)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/tabulation-issue/170350/5 "2021-09-22T14:48:35Z")

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I feel this pain. It’s a big B sometimes. You’d imagine the tab index would cascade nicely from top down left to right, but noooooooo

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/2/8/2847faa74692c2ffa5d939d3dc3724cdd060d247.png) [@system](https://forum.bubble.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/tabulation-issue/170350/6 "2021-11-30T14:38:43Z")

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