1) Auto Tabs ??? 2) How to Tab to Sub-Form

[Will]

1 - I thought Auto Tabs would set the tab stops in the left to right and top
to bottom order on the form...

But it doesn't seem to be working that way... always.

I've got one form and no matter what I do it seems to want the 3rd field on
the top line to be the first tab stop.

My Question - How do auto Tabs work?

2 - How to get tabs to move from the Main Form to the Sub Form?

It works that way on all my forms but one... and there when it gets to the
last field of the Main Form it moves to the next Main Form... and ignores
the sub-Form fields

My Question - How do I get Tabs to tab from the Main Form to the Sub Form?

thanks for any help.

 

[Allen Browne]

When you choose Auto Order in the Tab Order dialog, it chooses top to bottom
first, and then left to right for any controls that are exactly the same
distance down the form.

Your 3rd field is probably very slightly above the others on that row. Try
selecting all controls on that row together (start to the right, and run the
mouse across throgh them), and type a number into the Properties box for the
Top property.

If focus does not move into the subform, your subform control may have its
Tab Stop property set to No. Open the main form in design view. Right-click
the edge of the subform control, and choose Properties. On the Other tab of
the Properties box, check the Tab Stop property is Yes.

If that is not the issue, do you have any code in the events of the controls
or the form that could affect where the focus is?

 

[Will]

Allen,

Right on both counts!

Thanks for the help.

Will