Tab Order

[ladybug via AccessMonster.com]

I am stumped by something as simple as Tab Order. I have a form with three
text boxes. They all have Auto Tab set to "NO". They all have Tab stop set
to "Yes". The first one has Tab Index "1," The second one has Tab Index "2.
" The third one has Tab Index set to "3."
However.... when the form is opened the first text box is selected. I hit
tab and it goes to the second text box. I hit tab again and it goes back to
the 1st Text Box....I don't get it. Anyone think of what else I could be
missing?

 

[Evi]

With delightful illogic, the tab order is set by going in Form Design View
to the View Menu!
You click on View, Tab Order and a box will appear . You slide the fields up
and down the box until they are in the order you desire.

Evi

 

[Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com]

The Tab Index, like most Indices in Access, is zero-based. If you have them
indexed as 1, 2, and 3 you're confusing Access. It knows there's only 3
controls, so the index of 2 (which should be the third control) is the
maximum allowed, and hence goes back to the first control. Re-index them

First Textbox Index 0
Second Textbox Index 1
Third Textbox Index 2

 

[ladybug via AccessMonster.com]

I tried that and it is still doing the same thing. I just tried delelting
and creating them again. It continues to tab to the first text box when I
tab off of the second text box.

 

[ladybug via AccessMonster.com]

I had already done that. It does not seem to work. I am baffled!

With delightful illogic, the tab order is set by going in Form Design View
to the View Menu!
You click on View, Tab Order and a box will appear . You slide the fields up
and down the box until they are in the order you desire.

Evi

I am stumped by something as simple as Tab Order. I have a form with three
text boxes. They all have Auto Tab set to "NO". They all have Tab stop set

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[Stuart McCall]

I tried that and it is still doing the same thing. I just tried delelting
and creating them again. It continues to tab to the first text box when I
tab off of the second text box.

Try checking the 'TabStop' properties of your controls. If any are set to
False, you cannot 'tab into' them.

 

[ladybug via AccessMonster.com]

They are set to true

I tried that and it is still doing the same thing. I just tried delelting
and creating them again. It continues to tab to the first text box when I

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Try checking the 'TabStop' properties of your controls. If any are set to
False, you cannot 'tab into' them.

 

[Evi]

Wouldn't you need to set Autotab to Yes rather than No?
Evi

I had already done that. It does not seem to work. I am baffled!

With delightful illogic, the tab order is set by going in Form Design View
to the View Menu!
You click on View, Tab Order and a box will appear . You slide the fields up
and down the box until they are in the order you desire.

Evi

I am stumped by something as simple as Tab Order. I have a form with three
text boxes. They all have Auto Tab set to "NO". They all have Tab

stop set
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