Tab key to select from dropdown list

Questions
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Here's a stupid question... I have a field that is populated from a value list. When entering data, when the cursor lands in this field, the dropdown list displays and autofills based on the keystroke in the field.

I'm wondering if there's a way, once a key is pressed and the value highlighted from the dropdown, to be able to press the TAB key to commit that value. It seem FM behavior is that I must first press ENTER to commit the value, then tab to move to the next field. I understand I can have enter, tab or return advanced to the next field, but actually selecting and committing the value from the dropdown is what I'm after.

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AFAIK, the enter to select the value from a selector is an OS function. It is the same for browsers on web forms and just about any software I came accross. The double keying is necessary because it is effectively 2 commands that need to be sent: select, move. Would be also 2 mouse clicks to accomplish the same.

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You can use an onExit Script Trigger to call a script to commit the record while tabbing to the next field..