How to tab out of a field in a Browser Clickpath Monitor

HannahM — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:02:23 GMT

Summary

In some scenarios, it is necessary to tab out of a field to trigger other events, or it may simply be a preferred workflow. By default, this is not recorded but can be added later.

Steps to add a tab out of a field

Open the Browser Clickpath Monitor> Settings > Recorded clickpath page
Click on the Keystroke event that needs the tab
Add \t after the keystrokes
Click Save Changes

What's Next

If the previous steps don't resolve the issue,

You can trigger the events fired by the tab using a JavaScript event, similar to what is described here
How to perform a click event using Javascript on browser clickpath synthetic monitors
Open a chat and provide a link to the monitor, along with the troubleshooting steps you have already completed.

You can find further troubleshooting tips for Synthetic in the Synthetic Troubleshooting Map

Re: How to tab out of a field in a Browser Clickpath Monitor

ChadTurner — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:39:53 GMT

Thank you for Sharing this process @HannahM

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How to tab out of a field in a Browser Clickpath Monitor

Summary

Steps to add a tab out of a field

What's Next

Re: How to tab out of a field in a Browser Clickpath Monitor