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Fixing The Threaded Comments Tab Issue

written by John Chow on April 9th, 2007

Brian’s Threaded Comments is one of the best Wordpress Plugin every made. It has really helped to increase the comment level on this blog. However, there is an issue with it for those who like to use their tab key when going from field to field.

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People who like to tab have no problem until they get to the comment itself. After writing the comment and hitting the tab, they find that they’re taken to the top of the page instead of highlighting the add comment button.

I was never aware of this problem until Reformat This told me about it (I don’t use the tab key). Luckily, there is a simple fix for this problem and I want to thank Reformat This for coming up with it. All you tabbers can now tab your heart out. :)

Bobs said on April 9th, 2007 at 3:50 pm

Thank you John!

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Jauhari said on April 9th, 2007 at 6:21 pm

Yes… I agree thanks for give me this information John ;)

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Gath said on April 9th, 2007 at 8:14 pm

Doesn’t ReformatThis deserve some of your thanks?

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Saman Sadeghi said on April 9th, 2007 at 8:16 pm

Damn Bobs! You got a linkback from a major site! Nice!!

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Bobs said on April 9th, 2007 at 9:17 pm

I know - the Evil one himself! I have already been seduced my the darkside! :twisted:

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Dave said on April 9th, 2007 at 10:21 pm

Haha nicely done Bobs.

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Matt Jones said on April 10th, 2007 at 1:58 am

..You only have to enter your details once so it doesn’t seem like much of a big deal to me… am I missing somthing?

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Dave said on April 10th, 2007 at 10:40 pm

It’s not your details…it’s after you finish typing the comment. Instead of clicking on post comment with the mouse, just press tab and then enter.

It didn’t work before, but now it does!

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Jane May said on April 9th, 2007 at 4:05 pm

Not that I used the tab button often here because of the problem, I may just have to start using it. It’s a really minor detail, but it’s so simple to click the tab as opposed to the mouse control. Great job Reformat This!

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Alex said on April 9th, 2007 at 4:25 pm

My mouse is really twitchy and tab makes my work a lot easier (amongst other useful keys).. :wink:

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Jane May said on April 9th, 2007 at 5:51 pm

tell that mouse to lay off the crack! :lol:

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Alex said on April 9th, 2007 at 5:59 pm

I’ll let him know.. :mrgreen:

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jake said on April 9th, 2007 at 6:15 pm

puff puff….what man….twitch twich, hey give me that back man.

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jake said on April 9th, 2007 at 6:16 pm

oops i mean snort snort

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Jane May said on April 9th, 2007 at 6:52 pm

Wow Jake! Sounds like there’s some experience behind those comments… a little graphic :twisted:

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Adam Henningsen said on April 9th, 2007 at 4:16 pm

ooooh! this is great. Thanks! The tab button makes forms a lot faster and this just made commenting(with brians plugin) even faster.

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Ronaldo said on April 9th, 2007 at 4:50 pm

I would never know about this, I don’t tab either.

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Roberto Alamos Moreno said on April 9th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Alex said on April 9th, 2007 at 6:01 pm

I tab only when I’m filling out those long boring sign-up forms :cool:

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Jane May said on April 9th, 2007 at 6:51 pm

It’s natural for me. So before it took more effort not to tab.

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Everyday Weekender said on April 9th, 2007 at 5:02 pm

awesome.. now I can tab my way around :mrgreen:

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mohdismail said on April 9th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
IntelliGenius said on April 9th, 2007 at 5:22 pm

I am testing it now. I noticed that after the Add Comment button if you wanna check the Notify Me of the Followup comments via e-mail, it won’t let you do it. It will take you right way to the top of the page. So either use your tab key or not get the followup comments via email. :grin:

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Jane May said on April 9th, 2007 at 6:50 pm

I think I like that it doesn’t go to the check box. That way there is no room for error. I’ve gotten some people angerly email me because they accidentaly checked that box. Bad experience.

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Bobs said on April 9th, 2007 at 9:22 pm

Simple fix - just have to give it the next place in the tabindex (tabindex=”6″).

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shokthx said on April 9th, 2007 at 5:55 pm

Never cared for Tab. Hate diet drinks.

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Roberto Alamos Moreno said on April 9th, 2007 at 5:58 pm

Good for your usability index, although I don’t tab at all

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jake said on April 9th, 2007 at 6:14 pm

yay, glad you fixed it
i tabbed all the way down.

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Jauhari said on April 9th, 2007 at 6:22 pm

Tab or not to tab that is the question :mrgreen:

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Chris M said on April 9th, 2007 at 6:40 pm

Very useful! I am going to install this asap!

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Ryan J. Parker said on April 9th, 2007 at 7:07 pm

At least someone was finally able to bring this to your attention. :p

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Article Checker said on April 9th, 2007 at 8:30 pm

This is good to know, John — might come in handy when my mouse feels a bit under the weather. :wink:

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Piggy said on April 9th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Piggy said on April 9th, 2007 at 9:03 pm

whats a usability index?

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Dave said on April 9th, 2007 at 10:23 pm

I’m a mad tabber, I tab and alt-tab and cntrl-tab in EVERYTHING. Let me tell you, it was driving me nuts to write out my comment and then by habit press tab and go all the way to the top of the post!

Thanks for fixing this, my comment whoring efficiency just went up by 20%!

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Bobs said on April 10th, 2007 at 7:38 am

I love the tab key. Without all the tab shortcuts I would be lost! “Alt+Tab” is the only way I navigate on my screens.

If you are running Windows XP - check into the plugin for “Alt-Tab” - its pretty nice!

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Glenn Hawkins said on April 9th, 2007 at 10:41 pm

I had never noticed this. Maybe its because I always click the button. I will have to fix this on my blog.

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Article Checker said on April 10th, 2007 at 7:07 am

No one notices these things because John is always a few steps ahead of everybody! :twisted:

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Amanda said on April 10th, 2007 at 7:21 am

Thats actually a really good tip thanx!

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giorgio maximo said on April 10th, 2007 at 10:57 am

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TeamTutorials said on April 11th, 2007 at 9:39 am

I never even noticed this problem until you pointed it out. Now it’s going to bother me.

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blabWire said on April 13th, 2007 at 8:28 am

Agreed. Now I find myself trying to do it on other sites, and usually failing miserably.

blabEditor

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uncle sha said on April 13th, 2007 at 11:36 pm

great fix! … i love this plugin too!!

my comments are more interactive & more frequent now

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Mr. Red said on April 14th, 2007 at 2:09 am

This is a Great fix for an issue i did not even know was there, thanks for the heads up.

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