Changing Tab Index of Form Controls

A2003. This is driving me daft and from google, and, I see, others in
the past as well, in versions of Access from 97 to 2003.

I'm trying to change the tab index of controls on a form. Actually, for
the moment, on one tab of a tab control. I've tried:

* straight renumbering;

* starting by number what I want as the last control as 0 and working
backwards

Neither of these seem to work. Each time a new tab index is given to a
control, Access seems to renumber everything, seemingly at random, or in
a pattern I can't discern.

Tab index is important, both for users who are keyboard navigators
(versus the mouse) and also in terms of what receives the focus after a
text box, combo or whatever is populated. Short of adding an on lost
focus event that directs what the next active control is, has anyone
found a means to successfully change tab indexing to what they want?
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Tim Marshall wrote:[color=blue]
> A2003. This is driving me daft and from google, and, I see, others in
> the past as well, in versions of Access from 97 to 2003.
>
> I'm trying to change the tab index of controls on a form. Actually, for
> the moment, on one tab of a tab control. I've tried:[/color]

I've never had a problem just going to the tab control I wanted to
order, clicking properties for any control, selecting tab index,
clicking the build button and drag and dropping the control names.

"Tim Marshall" <TIMMY!@PurplePandaChasers.Moertherium> schreef in bericht news:djlfha$liu$1@coranto.ucs.mun.ca...[color=blue]
> A2003. This is driving me daft and from google, and, I see, others in
> the past as well, in versions of Access from 97 to 2003.
>
> I'm trying to change the tab index of controls on a form. Actually, for
> the moment, on one tab of a tab control. I've tried:
>
> * straight renumbering;
>
> * starting by number what I want as the last control as 0 and working
> backwards[/color]

Tim,
The first control gets number 0!
You can work forwards. (well I can here ...)

Also drag and drop will work as rkc mentioned.

Arno R

rkc wrote:[color=blue]
> I've never had a problem just going to the tab control I wanted to
> order, clicking properties for any control, selecting tab index,
> clicking the build button and drag and dropping the control names.[/color]

Well, well, well. Embarassingly enough, like the gibbering idiot I am,
I've never, ever noticed a build button. Thanks very, very much for
pointing that out. I just looked at it now. How in the blink did I
ever miss that build button, anyway? I'm going to play with it and I'll
bet it solves my problems.

Thanks very much.
--
Tim http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~tmarshal/
^o<
/#) "Burp-beep, burp-beep, burp-beep?" - Quaker Jake
/^^ "Whatcha doin?" - Ditto "TIM-MAY!!" - Me

Arno R wrote:
[color=blue]
> Tim,
> The first control gets number 0!
> You can work forwards. (well I can here ...)
>
> Also drag and drop will work as rkc mentioned.[/color]

Thanks Arno, I tried that way, forwards and backwards. Rkc's build
button, which I'd never realized was there, looks like it will do the trick.

--
Tim http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~tmarshal/
^o<
/#) "Burp-beep, burp-beep, burp-beep?" - Quaker Jake
/^^ "Whatcha doin?" - Ditto "TIM-MAY!!" - Me

Tim Marshall wrote:[color=blue]
> rkc wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I've never had a problem just going to the tab control I wanted to
>> order, clicking properties for any control, selecting tab index,
>> clicking the build button and drag and dropping the control names.[/color]
>
>
> Well, well, well. Embarassingly enough, like the gibbering idiot I am,
> I've never, ever noticed a build button.[/color]

A gibbering idiot you ain't.