Pressing "tab" when last textField of entry editor Tab is in focus will move to the next Tab.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semv
 
 ### Added
 
+- We added a way to navigate through Tabs in Entry Editor by pressing "tab" when the last TextField of a Tab is in focus. [#11937](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/11937)
 - We added a "view as BibTeX" option before importing an entry from the citation relation tab. [#11826](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/11826)
 - We added probable search hits instead of exact matches. Sorting by hit score can be done by the new score table column. [#11542](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11542)
 - We added support finding LaTeX-encoded special characters based on plain Unicode and vice versa. [#11542](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11542)

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/entryeditor/EntryEditor.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem;
 import javafx.scene.control.Tab;
 import javafx.scene.control.TabPane;
+import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
 import javafx.scene.input.DataFormat;
 import javafx.scene.input.KeyEvent;
 import javafx.scene.input.TransferMode;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.jabref.gui.entryeditor.fileannotationtab.FileAnnotationTab;
 import org.jabref.gui.entryeditor.fileannotationtab.FulltextSearchResultsTab;
 import org.jabref.gui.externalfiles.ExternalFilesEntryLinker;
+import org.jabref.gui.fieldeditors.EditorTextField;
 import org.jabref.gui.help.HelpAction;
 import org.jabref.gui.importer.GrobidOptInDialogHelper;
 import org.jabref.gui.keyboard.KeyBinding;
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ public EntryEditor(LibraryTab libraryTab, UndoAction undoAction, RedoAction redo
         this.previewTabs = this.allPossibleTabs.stream().filter(OffersPreview.class::isInstance).map(OffersPreview.class::cast).toList();
 
         setupDragAndDrop(libraryTab);
+        EditorTextField.entryContext(tabbed);
 
         EasyBind.subscribe(tabbed.getSelectionModel().selectedItemProperty(), tab -> {
             EntryEditorTab activeTab = (EntryEditorTab) tab;
@@ -472,4 +475,20 @@ public void nextPreviewStyle() {
     public void previousPreviewStyle() {
         this.previewTabs.forEach(OffersPreview::previousPreviewStyle);
     }
+
+    public static boolean checkLastTextField(TabPane tabs, TextField textField) {
+        FieldsEditorTab currentTab = (FieldsEditorTab) tabs.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem();
+        Collection<Field> shownFields = currentTab.getShownFields();
+        Field lastField = null;
+        for (Field field : shownFields) {
+            lastField = field;
+        }
+        if (textField != null && lastField != null) {
+            if (textField.getId() == null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return lastField.getDisplayName().equalsIgnoreCase(textField.getId());
+        }
+    return false;
+}
 }

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/CitationKeyEditor.java

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public CitationKeyEditor(Field field,
                 undoManager,
                 dialogService);
 
+        textField.setId(field.getDisplayName());
         establishBinding(textField, viewModel.textProperty(), keyBindingRepository, undoAction, redoAction);
         textField.initContextMenu(Collections::emptyList, keyBindingRepository);
         new EditorValidator(preferences).configureValidation(viewModel.getFieldValidator().getValidationStatus(), textField);

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/EditorTextField.java

@@ -9,23 +9,34 @@
 import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
 import javafx.scene.control.ContextMenu;
 import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem;
+import javafx.scene.control.TabPane;
 import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
+import javafx.scene.input.KeyEvent;
 import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
 import javafx.scene.layout.Priority;
 
 import org.jabref.gui.ClipBoardManager;
+import org.jabref.gui.entryeditor.EntryEditor;
 import org.jabref.gui.fieldeditors.contextmenu.EditorContextAction;
 import org.jabref.gui.keyboard.KeyBindingRepository;
 
 public class EditorTextField extends TextField implements Initializable, ContextMenuAddable {
 
+    public static TabPane tabs;
     private final ContextMenu contextMenu = new ContextMenu();
     private Runnable additionalPasteActionHandler = () -> {
         // No additional paste behavior
     };
 
     public EditorTextField() {
         this("");
+        this.addEventFilter(KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED, event -> {
+            String keyText = event.getText();
+            if ("\t".equals(keyText) && EntryEditor.checkLastTextField(tabs, this)) {
+                tabs.getSelectionModel().selectNext();
+                event.consume();
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     public EditorTextField(final String text) {
@@ -38,6 +49,10 @@ public EditorTextField(final String text) {
         ClipBoardManager.addX11Support(this);
     }
 
+    public static void entryContext(TabPane tab) {
+        tabs = tab;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void initContextMenu(final Supplier<List<MenuItem>> items, KeyBindingRepository keyBindingRepository) {
         setOnContextMenuRequested(event -> {

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/MarkdownEditor.java

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public MarkdownEditor(Field field, SuggestionProvider<?> suggestionProvider, Fie
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected TextInputControl createTextInputControl() {
+    protected TextInputControl createTextInputControl(Field field) {
         return new EditorTextArea() {
             @Override
             public void paste() {

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/PersonsEditor.java

@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ public PersonsEditor(final Field field,
         KeyBindingRepository keyBindingRepository = preferences.getKeyBindingRepository();
 
         this.viewModel = new PersonsEditorViewModel(field, suggestionProvider, preferences.getAutoCompletePreferences(), fieldCheckers, undoManager);
-        textInput = isMultiLine ? new EditorTextArea() : new EditorTextField();
+        textInput = isMultiLine
+                ? new EditorTextArea()
+                : new EditorTextField();
+
+        textInput.setId(field.getName());
         decoratedStringProperty = new UiThreadStringProperty(viewModel.textProperty());
         establishBinding(textInput, decoratedStringProperty, keyBindingRepository, undoAction, redoAction);
         ((ContextMenuAddable) textInput).initContextMenu(EditorMenus.getNameMenu(textInput), keyBindingRepository);

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/SimpleEditor.java

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public SimpleEditor(final Field field,
         this.viewModel = new SimpleEditorViewModel(field, suggestionProvider, fieldCheckers, undoManager);
         this.isMultiLine = isMultiLine;
 
-        textInput = createTextInputControl();
+        textInput = createTextInputControl(field);
         HBox.setHgrow(textInput, Priority.ALWAYS);
 
         establishBinding(textInput, viewModel.textProperty(), preferences.getKeyBindingRepository(), undoAction, redoAction);
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ public SimpleEditor(final Field field,
         new EditorValidator(preferences).configureValidation(viewModel.getFieldValidator().getValidationStatus(), textInput);
     }
 
-    protected TextInputControl createTextInputControl() {
-        return isMultiLine ? new EditorTextArea() : new EditorTextField();
+    protected TextInputControl createTextInputControl(Field field) {
+        TextInputControl inputControl = isMultiLine ? new EditorTextArea() : new EditorTextField();
+        inputControl.setId(field.getName());
+        return inputControl;
     }
 
     @Override