One of the many MacGenealogists who shared with me their genealogy problems (thank you all!) asked me a question, but didn’t leave an email address so that I could answer directly. I’ll answer here so that I can close the loop and perhaps enlighten others.
My most bothersome issue is, and I would love it if there is already an answer, how can I tab backwards through fields in Reunion. I.E. I tab once too many times while entering data, and need to go back. I interrupt my rhythm and have to pick up the mouse and click on a previous box.
There’s a standard key sequence on the Mac (as well as Linux and Windows for that matter) that moves the cursor backward between fields: shift-tab. Hold down your shift key while pressing the tab key. That will move you back through a series of fields that can be tabbed through, for example the Edit Person dialog in Reunion 9 for Mac.
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I couldn’t get that shift/tab thing to work! Is there a further secret to it?
Hi, Martha.
I’m thinking of what I didn’t communicate well and am reminded of why I chose to teach most of my material through video screencasts. Maybe I should make a video for this instead of relying on my writing ability. 😉
Do you have your cursor in an edit field when pressing shift-tab? What screen are you trying it on?
—Ben