[IMP] web: form support for tab navigation

The new form view does not really work well with the TAB key.  This is
partly caused by the fact that the tab event is preventdefaulted.

With this commit, we reintroduce a basic navigation with TAB and
shift+TAB.

2 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/abstract_field.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/abstract_field.js
index e4f5ef9d9f8..01de5fb334c 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/abstract_field.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/abstract_field.js
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ var AbstractField = Widget.extend({
      */
     _onKeydown: function (event) {
         if (event.which === $.ui.keyCode.TAB) {
-            this.trigger_up('move_next');
+            this.trigger_up(event.shiftKey ? 'move_previous' : 'move_next');
             event.preventDefault();
         }
     },
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
index 2370b1af19a..751923c3b9f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ var FIELD_CLASSES = {
 
 return BasicRenderer.extend({
     className: "o_form_view",
+    custom_events: {
+        move_next: '_onMoveNext',
+        move_previous: '_onMovePrevious',
+    },
     /**
      * @override method from BasicRenderer
      * @param {Object} params
@@ -716,6 +720,40 @@ return BasicRenderer.extend({
 
         });
     },
+
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Handlers
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * When someone presses TAB in a widget, it is nice to be able to go to the
+     * next widget, especially since the TAB key event is preventDefaulted
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {OdooEvent} event
+     */
+    _onMoveNext: function (event) {
+        event.stopPropagation();
+        var index = this.widgets.indexOf(event.target);
+        if (index + 1 < this.widgets.length) {
+            this.widgets[index + 1].activate();
+        }
+    },
+    /**
+     * When someone presses SHIFT+TAB in a widget, it is nice to be able to go
+     * back to the previous widget, especially since the TAB key event is
+     * preventDefaulted
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {OdooEvent} event
+     */
+    _onMovePrevious: function (event) {
+        event.stopPropagation();
+        var index = this.widgets.indexOf(event.target);
+        if (index >= 1) {
+            this.widgets[index - 1].activate();
+        }
+    },
 });
 
 });