navigation

[connie]

Hi,
I have 6 tabbed pages on a main form, each containing a
subform. I want to navigate between them without using
the mouse. ctrl+tab causes the current record to go to
the next record on the first try and then it works for
navigating between the forms. How do you either
1. avoid moving to another record on the first ctrl+tab -
and still use ctrl+tab to move from form to form
or 2. assign custom navigation key combinations to
navigate around without having any affect on the the
current record selected.
Thanks for any detailed assistance you can provide.
C

 

[Allen Browne]

You can create a shortcut key to jump to a text box by including an
ampersand in the attached label. For example, to jump to a text box named
"Surname", set the Caption of its label to:
&Surname
Access displays the S as underlined, as a visual cue, and Alt+S jumps to
this control.

Create a shortcut key for the first(?) field in each subform, and one for
the main form. Whenever you leave the form/subform, it will trigger the
saving of any edits, but it won't jump to a different record.