tab moves screen

[NetworkTrade]

Access2003

when one tabs between fields the screen will move up/down left/right as
needed so the cursor is viewable on screen.

but when one tabs inside a subform this doesn't occur - so someone doing
data entry from a paper document , without looking at their screen, tabs out
of the viewing area and then looks up and isn't sure where they are....

I tried inset a SetFocus from the AfterUpdate subform control temporarily to
a control on the main form that would coincidentally reorient the screen
viewing area - which will work if the cursor is going into this new
control......but since the user really needs to immediately SetFocus on the
next control within the subform I had to put another setfocus in the OnExit -
and there was no screen movement.

kind of a silly issue....but suggestions always welcomed....form is too big
to shrink into one screen space....

 

[Stuart McCall]

form is too big to shrink into one screen space....

That should immediately tell you that your design is way off. I would
suggest using a tab control to make everything fit. Try to identify logical
groupings of controls and place them on their own tab page. Your users will
likely thank you for it.