how to control tabindex when pressing enter in a textbox

[cvijaykrishna]

i have a windows based application which contains textboxes when i press enter in one textbox then focus should go to next textbox i dont want to hard code like ex: textbox3.focus but i want to control it using the tab index (retriving it from present control then using the tab index guiding the focus to the next control ) could u please suggest me a solution preferbly if u give me sample code



with regards and thanks
vijay

[mwalts]

i have a windows based application which contains textboxes when i press enter in one textbox then focus should go to next textbox i dont want to hard code like ex: textbox3.focus but i want to control it using the tab index (retriving it from present control then using the tab index guiding the focus to the next control ) could u please suggest me a solution preferbly if u give me sample code



with regards and thanks
vijay

Well, try something like this in your keyPressed event for all the textboxes (check or the enter key first)

            TextBox tbCur = (TextBox)sender;
            int curTabIndex = tbCur.TabIndex;
            foreach(Control ctl in this.Controls)
            {
                if(ctl.GetType() == tbCur.GetType())
                {
                    if(ctl.TabIndex == curTabIndex+1)
                    {
                        ctl.Focus();
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }

Have fun,

-mwalts

[dip_developer]

i have a windows based application which contains textboxes when i press enter in one textbox then focus should go to next textbox i dont want to hard code like ex: textbox3.focus but i want to control it using the tab index (retriving it from present control then using the tab index guiding the focus to the next control ) could u please suggest me a solution preferbly if u give me sample code



with regards and thanks
vijay

Hi cvijaykrishna,

If you want,You dont have to write a single line of code for that...
Textbox has a TabIndex property
Suppose you have 4 textboxes..
set TabIndex Property of the textbox from Properties window like....

TextBox1------------->TabIndex=0
TextBox2------------->TabIndex=1
TextBox3------------->TabIndex=2
TextBox4------------->TabIndex=3

if you have many textboxes go to Design mode of your Form...........then go to View---->Tab Order

Set your TabIndex here by just Clicking the Small squares which will appear at the corner of the textboxes in the order you want