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keyboard navigation through tabs in a TabControl

After extensive searching of the docs, I find no mention of support for
Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab to navigate among tabs in a TabControl. I am
surprised that such a common/standard keyboard navigation is not provided.
Or am I just missing it...?
Apr 10 '06 #1
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Hi michael sorens,
Thank you for posting. From your post, my understanding on this issue is:
You can not use Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-Shift-Tab to navigate among tabs in a
TabControl. If I'm off base, please feel to let me know.
Only if the TabControl gets focus, you can use Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-Shift-Tab
to navigate among tabs in it. Otherwise, it will not react after you press
Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-Shift-Tab. So please check whether the TabControl gets
focus when you press Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-Shift-Tab. You can set the
TabControl¡¯s ¡°TabIndex¡± property as zero to enable the TabControl to get
focus when the form is loaded.
Please let me know if you have any other concerns, or need anything else.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Apr 14 '06 #2
Thank you--that is just what I needed.

Apr 17 '06 #3

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