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Use tabindex to Specify the Order of Keyboard Focus for Several Elements

Use tabindex to Specify the Order of Keyboard Focus for Several Elements

Following the instructions:

Add a tabindex attribute set to "1" to the search input, and a tabindex attribute set to "2" to the submit input.

the lines 16 and 17

   <input tabindex="1" type="search" name="search" id="search">
   <input tabindex="2" type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" id="submit">

become:

   <input type="search" name="search" id="search">
   <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" id="submit">

In this way the search input and submit input form controls to be the first two items in the tab order.