"Enter" on keyboard through new record

Question

How can I make a child table "cycle" through to a new record? E.g., as if it's an Excel workbook, hitting enter goes to the cell below to enter a new record.

Answer 1

As of dbFront 1.1.0.2997, you can now type CNTRL-Enter or SHIFT-CNTRL-S to save the current record and open a new record.

For a full list of all the Keyboard Navigation options see: Keyboard Shortcuts & Navigation

Comments

This would be very helpful to allow easy entry via barcodes. Scanners are often configured to send <Enter> after the barcode data.

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That is a very interesting idea, I will have to think about that.

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Thanks Anthony. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it's currently possible to enter data in this way - you'd have to scan the barcode, grab a mouse, click "Save Changes"(or Ctrl-S), then "Create New", etc...

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That is correct....  it is still an outstanding feature request.  I am working through the requests in priority order.

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Might this be a part of grid editing functionality? https://dbfront.com/qa/214/grid-editing

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Interesting idea, but not at the moment.

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I'm picturing something like the edit table GUI in SSMS, where the last row is blank to allow new records to be quickly added: https://i.imgur.com/xcBBIvV.gif
Just a thought.