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Tab order on prompt page

Using Cognos Analtyics 11.1.7IF9.
I have a user who, oddly enough, wants Cognos to make his workflow more efficient. (The nerve!) He thinks that if he can use the TAB button to navigate a prompt page, he'll be faster because he never needs to reach for the mouse.
To test this I created a simple report with a very simple prompt page using only textbox prompts. As I tab I notice it tabs to everything in the browser: browser tabs, the address bar, other objects in Cognos, ...even the labels (text items) I created for the prompts. Oh... and yes, at some point focus lands on a prompt control.
Within Cognos, I see that the tab order generally appears to be from the top down. (I haven't tried multiple columns of prompts in a table yet.) I must tab through the visual elements between the prompts. Also, while value prompts get focus, there is no visible indication of this.
Is there a way to set the tab order for the prompts on a prompt page?
Can I force it to skip the non-prompt elements?
Can the prompts be made to indicate that they have focus?
I tagged this question with javascript because I figure the answer will likely involve a Custom Control or a Page Module.
Of course, then I'll need to figure out how all this will work with cascading prompts and conditional blocks.
I found a similar post complaining about this being a problem in Cognos 8. The answer contains no detail. It just says to go to a non-existent web page.

I had the same frustration as your user and I made a solution a while back that could work for you. It's not the most elegant javascript and I get a weird error in the console but functionally it works so I haven't needed to fix it.
I created a custom control script that does 2 things on a prompt page.
First, it removes the ability to "select" text item elements on the page. If you only have text items and prompts on the page it sets it's "Tabindex" to "-1". This allows you to tab from one prompt field to the next without it selecting invisible elements or text elements between prompts.
Secondly, if you press "Enter" on the keyboard it automatically submits the form. I am pasting the code below which you can save as a .js and call it in a custom control on a prompt page. Set the UI Type to "None"
define( function() {
"use strict";
function AdvancedControl()
{
};
AdvancedControl.prototype.initialize = function( oControlHost, fnDoneInitializing )
{
function enterSubmit (e)
{
if(e.keyCode === 13)
{
try {oControlHost.finish();} catch {}
}
};
function setTab () {
let nL = [...document.querySelectorAll("[specname=textItem]")]
//console.log(nL)
nL.forEach((node) =>{
node.setAttribute('tabindex','-1')
})
};
setTab();
let exec_submit = document.addEventListener("keydown", enterSubmit, false);
try {exec_submit;} catch {}
fnDoneInitializing();
};
return AdvancedControl;
});

Popup newsletter form opens every time when reload the page

I want to add a automatic popup newsletter form to my static website(usinng google spreadsheet to collect mail). But when page reload every time popup shows up. I want something like if anyone press Subscribe or Not Now button popup will stop forever for their device. Is it possible?
I used this code. But When I reopen the browser Newsletter popup shows again.What I need to change here?
$(document).ready(function () {
if ($.cookie("dismiss") == null) {
$('.modal').appendTo("body");
function show_modal() {
$('.modal').modal();
}
window.setTimeout(show_modal, 300);
}
$(".close").mouseenter(function () {
document.cookie = "dismiss=true";
});
});
Thanks in advance.

You can tackle this using local storage. MDN Documentation
With local storage you can save information that is not lost after a refresh. (Similar thing can be done with cookies, but in this particular case I think local storage fits your use case)
So you can try doing something like this:
// save item
localStorage.setItem("isUserSubscribed", true);
// get item
localStorage.getItem("isUserSubscribed");
Note that local storage items that are not set will return a null value.
In short every time the page loads execute getItem() and based on that value run the logic that you need.

Make jQuery prevent going back on android

I have a simple pop-up contact form script written:
$(document).ready(function(){
var popupButton = $("#contact-popup-button");
var popupBox = $("#pop-up-contact");
var popupBg = $("#pop-up-close-background");
popupButton.on("click", function(){
popupBox.addClass("slide-out");
popupBg.fadeIn(200);
});
popupBg.on("click", function(){
popupBox.removeClass("slide-out");
popupBg.fadeOut(100);
});
Basically when a button is clicked, a div appears and the space behind it gets foggy. If you press the space around the appeared div, it will dissapear.
Now for mobile devices, I'd like there also to be an option to make the div dissapear on clicking the back button. Unfortunately, I can not get it to work in practice at all.
I have tried these answers:
handling back button in android from jquery
Take control of hardware back button jquery mobile
But both seem to fail in this task, and the others use plugins, which I'd like to avoid.
Tested on LG G2 Mini and Sony Xperia Z1

One approach would be to use the HTML5 History API.
When opening the popup you can push a state to the history stack before opening the popup:
history.pushState({popupOpen: false}, "My title", "index.html");
This method automatically updates the page title (which is currently ignored in most browser implementations) and the last part of the url, that will be displayed in the browser bar. In most cases, you can enter your filename here. The first argument is an object containing the data you can access later when popping a state.
As soon as you have pushed a state to the history stack, when pressing the back key, the browser does not return to the last page as usual, but pops the last state on the stack. This applies for all browsers though, if you want the functionality for mobile browsers only, you have to do a browser check before calling history.pushState.
To correctly handle the back event, you need to subscribe to the popstate-Event. This can be done with the following code:
window.addEventListener("popstate", function(event) {
var data = event.state;
if(data.popupOpen === false) {
popupBg.trigger('click');
}
});
You register an event listener that fires as soon as the user navigates back. In the event.state variable the data you passed in when pushing the state can be accessed again.
Good luck!

Lightswitch 2013: Save then Refresh in JS

I have the 2 sets of code:
Saves the data
myapp.activeDataWorkspace.ProjectHandlerData.saveChanges();
2.Refreshes the page
window.location.reload();
is there a way to make both of these work together on one button, as currently when i click save, the browser recognizes the changes and the (are you sure you want to leave the page) message or something along those lines pops up..
cheers

This is for the HTML client, right?
Assuming that is the case:
saveChanges() is an asynchronous operation, so you'd want to do:
myapp.activeDataWorkspace.ProjectHandlerData.saveChanges().then(function () {
window.location.reload();
});
That way it will wait until it is finished saving the changes before it reloads the screen.
However, there is a smoother way to do it, at least from the user perspective it's smoother.
On the edit screen, leave the Save method out, let LightSwitch handle that. When the user clicks save, it will close the edit screen, and go back to where they were before. Using the options parameter of the showScreen method, we can change that behavior.
Change the method that calls the edit screen like this:
myapp.showEditProject(screen.Project, {
afterClosed: function (editScreen) {
myapp.showViewProject(editScreen.Project);
}
});
This way, after the edit screen is closed, and it has handled the save changes operation for you, the application will automatically navigate to the details view screen of the recently edited item.
If you are instead wanting to refresh the browse screen after adding a new entity:
myapp.showAddEditProject(null, {
beforeShown: function (addEditScreen) {
addEditScreen.Project = new myapp.Project();
},
afterClosed: function () {
screen.Projects.load();
}
});
Those two options, beforeShown and afterClosed, give you a lot of really cool abilities to influence the navigation in your application.

I have learnt that you can save from a add/edit window, and reload the main page you are going back to by doing the following:
For Example: (adding an order to an order screen)
click on your button to add the order
enter the details required.
hit your custom save button with your validation included.
before your commitChanges(); write in the following line: screen.OrderLine.OrderTable.details.refresh(); "This needs applying to your scenario"
when you return to your screen your details should have been updated (for example the total value now displays the correct value in my case)
hope this helps...

Hiding Elements Permanently

I have two buttons, "Yes" and "No". If user clicks on "Yes", I want to display a message that needs to be permanent.
Eg - I click on yes,the message should stay even after page reload or the next time the user logs in. It shouldn't appear again. Maybe possible if i delete the file or something.
I am able to hide all elements using hide() and then display a msg, but onpage reload, they come back..
Can you guys help?
Thanks

This is possible using html5's localstorage (but I've no experience in using that), or using the jQuery cookie plugin.
$(document).ready(
function(){
var msg = $.cookie('yesMsg');
$('#messages').text('yesMsg');
$('#messageSelectionDiv').click(
function(){
$.cookie('yesMsg',$(this).text() {expires: 30});
});
});

If the browser you are targeting supports HTML5, You can use HTML5 localStorage, otherwise cookies, to store some permanent data for the user.
For example:
if (localStorage['show_something'])
// Show it
else
// Hide it
To store it initially, you just set it:
localStorage['show_something'] = true;
For more info, refer to this awesome doc:
http://www.html5rocks.com/tutorials/offline/storage/