Form; textbox behavior upon entering

[Arnold Klapheck]

I have a phone field and I have a default area code set and when I tab to the
field the area code is highlighted and I have to click off of it to enter
data. How can I have it so when I tab to the field I can immediatly start
typing the phone number after the area code?

If the area code is different than the default I figure I could just back
space and change it. 90% of the time the default will be correct.

I have the input mask as !\(999") "000\-0000;0;_
and the default value as (916),
I am leaving the formatting info in because I have to import the data and it
has the " ( ) - " in the imported data

 

[Olduke]

Have you considered placing the area code in a separate field and setting
that fields default for 916.
The other 7 digits can be entered into the current field.

 

[Arnold Klapheck]

Actually I did think of that but decided against it, wanted fewer fields. I
have to import and export to another older database didn't want to have to do
the whole split/combine thing.