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by parasti 1099 days ago
For me, ideally, you don't need to TAB, because the input focus switches automatically.
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If you implement this, please make sure any auto-refocus has visual clues, e.g. looking like a single input field, and behaving like a single field (a TAB moves to the next logical form field).

When inputting license keys in programs, and there were dashes in them, it was always fun encountering an auto-focus across split textfields where you didn't expect it, so you accidentally skipped a field and had to redo it.

I hate the behavior you describe because my muscle memory means I always hit tab.

So now the month is 2023.

More friction.