# Way to jump from one textbox to another? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [January 10, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023 "2019-01-10T11:09:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/chris/32/78883_2.png) [@Chris](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/21 "2019-11-23T21:07:31Z")
This should work but is also really bad concerning user experience / user interface šŸ˜¬ I really donā€™t get how Thunkable does not put this on high priority šŸ˜” ---
**Author:** ![danyklein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@danyklein](https://community.thunkable.com/u/danyklein)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/22 "2019-11-23T21:19:32Z")
I reproduced a form like [typeform.com](http://typeform.com) like that it look cool and itā€™s okay for the keyboard problem ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/chris/32/78883_2.png) [@Chris](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/23 "2019-11-23T21:32:11Z")
But since there is no way to communicate / send data between the app and a webviewer you cannot use the data in your app and also there has to ba an internet connection all the timeā€¦ Therefor I donā€˜t see a point in doing thatā€¦ also if there is a website why put it into an app anyways - itā€˜s likely to be rejected by Apple when it is only a website wrapper. Best, Chris ---
**Author:** ![danyklein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@danyklein](https://community.thunkable.com/u/danyklein)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/24 "2019-11-23T21:55:09Z")
?? I donā€™t use webview, I have redo a form like them on the app, when one input is done the other input comes ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/chris/32/78883_2.png) [@Chris](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/25 "2019-11-24T08:08:03Z")
Oh so is this also one field per time? / screen? Like I wrote before that is not really good concerning user experienceā€¦ I mean it depends - like if it is a survey that may be fine but not for settings or other User inputā€¦ but also keep in mind that too many screens are not recommended šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![danyklein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@danyklein](https://community.thunkable.com/u/danyklein)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/26 "2019-11-24T09:48:16Z")
I use one screen with hide and show and come back back button and all that ---
**Author:** ![guffey.joshuageds](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/guffey.joshuageds/32/48144_2.png) [@guffey.joshuageds](https://community.thunkable.com/u/guffey.joshuageds)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/27 "2019-12-07T07:29:13Z")
AGREED I have a simple login form (email, password) and even in setting up and testing only that much Iā€™m finding that it is very annoying for the user to have to click the field a second time in order to focus it (bring up the keyboard and cursor for typing). The issue seems to be that the default behaviour for clicking _anywhere_ outside the currently focused text field is to unfocus the field (but without responding to the new field we are clicking on). It makes the app UI seem very unprofessional. How do we get alerts when this behaviour is fixed? Thanks! Joshua ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/chris/32/78883_2.png) [@Chris](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/28 "2019-12-07T11:13:02Z")
I really hope Thunkable can put this higher on their priority list. We donā€™t need more and more new features - to make a good app it is more important to improve the more essential components first that are not yet really finished and working well like textboxes, maps (jumping back to last set zoom and position after event handling), webview (no going back, no returning of current url, problem with offline files), images (they reload/flash every time you enter some text in a textbox and in other cases),ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![maptheunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maptheunknown](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maptheunknown)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/29 "2020-01-19T03:16:01Z")
Following this thread. I also am encountering this usability issue. I need user to be focused or jump to the next textbox when user clicks on ā€œEnterā€ or ā€œNextā€. Is there any solution yet? ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/chris/32/78883_2.png) [@Chris](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/30 "2020-01-19T11:35:31Z")
Hi, Unfortunately there is no solution yet šŸ˜• Best, Chris ---
**Author:** ![maptheunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maptheunknown](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maptheunknown)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/31 "2020-01-19T12:26:31Z")
Hello @Chris, Is there a solution in progress coming soon? If yes, do you know when it will be released? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/chris/32/78883_2.png) [@Chris](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/32 "2020-01-24T21:32:46Z")
Unfortunately I am not involved in the process of development but I fear that it will still take some time because the devs do not seem to prioritize this issue even tough I think it is something essential that every app should be capable of doing šŸ˜¬ Best, Chris ---
**Author:** ![danyklein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@danyklein](https://community.thunkable.com/u/danyklein)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/33 "2020-02-20T04:17:31Z")
The basic are missing ---
**Author:** ![maptheunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maptheunknown](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maptheunknown)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/34 "2020-03-16T10:51:09Z")
Hello, This is really bothering users. Is there a way to escalate this issue to the dev team? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![witbankappdevj7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@witbankappdevj7](https://community.thunkable.com/u/witbankappdevj7)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/35 "2020-08-06T08:27:53Z")
What are some of the ideas to push this feature as priority? Most of the feedback that I get from my users is to improve the textbox flow. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/chris/32/78883_2.png) [@Chris](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/36 "2020-08-06T14:40:23Z")
Hey, I also donā€™t get how this cannot be high priority and has not been fixed since the initial beta release of Thunkable for iOS / Thunkable Xā€¦ It makes user interaction a painā€¦ Unfortunately it seems that they mostly focus on new features instead of getting the basics right. Best, Chris ---
**Author:** ![seth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@seth](https://community.thunkable.com/u/seth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/37 "2020-09-11T19:29:27Z")
Iā€™m also waiting for this, but there have been a lot of updates recently. Maybe we can use the new Navigate To block as it can now take input? There is also an unfocus block too. ---
**Author:** ![overshield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19b73/32.png) [@overshield](https://community.thunkable.com/u/overshield)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/38 "2022-01-14T13:03:44Z")
I know this is an old thread, but itā€™s an old problem as well This would at least be a step in the right direction, we could at least force this to occur after finishing an input text component ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/0/4098509cb3c8e3748f0d28cf534c427c0a14a1cf.png) ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/39 "2022-01-14T15:50:29Z")
Please add a comment here: > > > \*\*Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.\*\* > I'm using a ā€¦Text Input's "submit" event to save a chat message for a chat app. I want the user to be able to send messages quickly by: > > 1. Typing a message > 2. Pressing return on the keyboard > 3. Typing a message > 4. Pressing return on the keyboard > \[etc.\] > > But currently, the user has to tap/click the text input field after pressing return and before typing another message. > > \*\*Describe the solution you'd like\*\* > There should be a block that allows you to change the Text Input's auto-focus (or focus) to true again. Right now, it doesn't exist (see screenshot). > > \*\*Describe alternatives you've considered\*\* > > \*\*Which platform are you asking for?\*\* > Thunkable X, Drag & Drop > > \*\*Additional context\*\* > \ ---
**Author:** ![overshield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19b73/32.png) [@overshield](https://community.thunkable.com/u/overshield)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023/40 "2022-01-15T14:49:48Z")
Done, weā€™ll see if anything happens [Previous page](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.thunkable.com/t/way-to-jump-from-one-textbox-to-another/64023.md?page=3)