When a user positions the cursor in a column that has an entry field as its protofield and types a letter or number, the cursor moves to the first row whose value in that column begins with the specified letter or number. Each time the user types the character, the cursor moves to the next row whose column value begins with that character.

In searching for a specified character, when the cursor reaches the last row of the table field, it loops back to the first row.

Because typing in a field whose mode is changeable actually displays the value in the field, you can use single-character find only when the column is Landable but not Changeable.

You can disable this feature for a column in either of the following ways:

To implement a custom find operation for a table field whose bias is changeable, use the ArrayObject's Find method. For an explanation about using the Find method, see How You Can Scroll Indirectly with the Find Method (see How You Can Scroll Indirectly with the Find Method).