DVD Pedia - Tab Backwards?

[bgdawes]

First - OUTSTANDING PRODUCT!!!! I love your software!

Second - this is a dumb random question but I was wondering if there is anyway to 'reverse' tab through the fields in the Add/Edit window. I'm re-organizing my entire collection and there are times when I need to go back a few data fields in the edit window. I picked up some great keyboard shortcuts here: Home > Contents > Shortcuts and tips > Keyboard shortcuts. However, I can't find out how to simply tab 'backward' - on the other hand I'm not certain if this keyboard shortcut even exists.

Thanks again!

[sjk]

Maybe Shift-Tab does what you want?

[bgdawes]

Shift - Tab does exactly what I want - thanks so much SJK!!! I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to do this for some reason. I tried Control Tab, Option Tab, Command Tab but for some reason never checked Shift Tab. Thanks again,

[sjk]

It's the standard shortcut for backward navigation between fields in many apps. Try it.

[bgdawes]

Yep, just tried shift-tab in Excel on my PC at work and the command moved the active cell to the left.

Man, I feel like a complete moron!

Regardless, thanks for the help!

[sjk]

To qualify as a complete moron might mean still not having discovered Tab key usage for field navigation and you're definitely further along than that.

Glad to help you learn a solution for your problem.

[bgdawes]

HAHA! Thanks again SJK for both the laugh and the help. I appreciate your insight and agree - it's nice to not be a complete idiot; the distinction makes being your normal 'standard issue' idiot a little easier to swallow.

[sjk]

Thanks for catching my intended humor. Btw, I certainly didn't/don't think of you as an idiot… complete or 'standard issue'.

[bgdawes]

sjk - thanks again; I totally got your joke and definitely did not think you were calling me out as an idiot - however you would have been right if you honestly did intend to label me as such. I can't believe I didn't know that shortcut!

I just finished reorganizing my entire collection - 1,250 entries!!!! If it weren't for your 'shift-tab' tip plus 'command-N' I probably would have been editing my DVDPedia well in to 2011.

Thanks again!!!

[sjk]

Maybe we can agree the "idiots" are people who stubbornly refuse to use (Shift-)Tab, clumsily fumbling with the mouse instead, even after being shown the efficiency of the keyboard shortcuts a dozen times?

This might be a helpful reference for you:

Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts