Editing the Tab Order of Controls

Each control on a panel has a position in the tab order. The tab order determines which control becomes the next active control when the user presses <Tab> or <Shift-Tab>.

When you create a control, it positions itself at the end of the tab order. When you copy and paste a control, the tab position of the pasted control is immediately before the control you copied. You can use the Edit Tabbing Order dialog box to modify the tab order for the controls on a panel. Select Edit»Tab Order to display the Edit Tabbing Order dialog box.

You also can modify the tab order for controls that appear on the tab control. To modify this tab order, click Tab Order in the Edit Tab dialog box. You also can click inside the tab control and select Edit»Tab Order.

The Edit Tabbing Order dialog box contains the following options:

	Click a control with the pointer cursor to change the tab position of that control to the number in the Click control to set tab order to box.
	You can change the cursor to the eyedropper cursor by holding down the <Ctrl> key. Click a control with the eyedropper cursor to change the number in the Click control to set tab order to box to the current tab position associated with the control.
	Click the OK button to accept the new tab order.
	Click the close button to erase the new tab order and restore the original tab order. For each control, the original tab order appears in dim display to the right of the new tab order you enter.