Select the field without clicking

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Hi Guys, your help will be appreciated.

Thank you for the feedback. Unfortunately, there is no way to select the field without clicking on it. This is because the field searches for a valid object before letting you save the object. Although this would be a great feature suggestion for the product team. Feel free to put this suggestion in our community forums here:

I have a linked field in a form to names… I want to use a scanner to populate the linked field in the form. It unfortunately wants you to select and click submit. Is there another way
Video link of issue
[https://knack.intercom-attachments-3.com/i/o/659021314/236c748f32ebbcb31fa95ab0/knack.mp4?expires=1674939146&signature=c46bd7aa706099733118ba3896b3c9aaabd55885cb8924cbb44eabfee306665c]

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Hi @Gary2 - your video link seems to have expired, however, I did get to view it earlier. Please see the below video response:

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Hi Carl, I like the way you use a barcode scanner with the MC field. On a slightly different topic: would this also work with the camera of a smartphone?

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No idea about the smartphone query :man_shrugging:
The scanner is USB so directly connected to the PC and essentially works as a keyboard sending the barcode details as a number along with a carriage return. A cellular device would obviously not work the same as it’s not a connected device. It’s beyond my knowledge level I’m afraid. :joy:

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