Tabbing Through Controls

[gtyler]

I would like to Programmatically move from one control to another following the TabIndex. If the user were to fill the maximum length of any one of a number of TextBoxs they would automatically be moved to the next TextBox.

I have written this, and it works. It loops through each control until it finds the TabIndex + 1. But there must be a better way. Any ideas?

    Private Sub MoveToNextControl(ByVal Sender As TimeControl) Handles AttendanceControlMondayStartDay.NextControl, AttendanceControlMondayStartLunch.NextControl, etc....
        'This is to go to the next Control in the TabIndex
        Dim i As Integer, intCurrentTabPlus1 As Integer = Sender.TabIndex + 1
        For i = 1 To Panel1.Controls().Count - 1
            If Panel1.Controls(i).TabIndex = intCurrentTabPlus1 Then
                Panel1.Controls(i).Focus()
                Exit Sub
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

Thanks!!

[Dököll]

I would like to Programmatically move from one control to another following the TabIndex. If the user were to fill the maximum length of any one of a number of TextBoxs they would automatically be moved to the next TextBox.

I have written this, and it works. It loops through each control until it finds the TabIndex + 1. But there must be a better way. Any ideas?

    Private Sub MoveToNextControl(ByVal Sender As TimeControl) Handles AttendanceControlMondayStartDay.NextControl, AttendanceControlMondayStartLunch.NextControl, etc....
        'This is to go to the next Control in the TabIndex
        Dim i As Integer, intCurrentTabPlus1 As Integer = Sender.TabIndex + 1
        For i = 1 To Panel1.Controls().Count - 1
            If Panel1.Controls(i).TabIndex = intCurrentTabPlus1 Then
                Panel1.Controls(i).Focus()
                Exit Sub
            End If
        Next
    End Sub
 
Thanks!!

Greetings, gtyler!

Good of you to add your code, helps a great deal, please give me a minute to search for an answer...

Dököll

[Dököll]

Greetings, gtyler!

Good of you to add your code, helps a great deal, please give me a minute to search for an answer...

Dököll

Ok, wait, do you mean to say, when a user reaches a certain number of hits within a form with textboxes to then fir up another form with additional textboxes?

[gtyler]

Ok, wait, do you mean to say, when a user reaches a certain number of hits within a form with textboxes to then fir up another form with additional textboxes?

Thanks so much for looking at this!

No... it is a timesheet programme. The idea is to make it as easy as possible for people to fill in their times. So once they have entered the time they got into work in one Custom Controls (in effect a TextBox), it moves straight to the next box (which would have the next number in the Tabindex) eg when you went for lunch.

By using the TabIndex I wanted to bypass writting extra code for any subsequent controls I might need to add.

I got arround the problem by looping through each of my Custom Controls (in effect TextBoxes) and checking if that Control's Tabindex was the next one in the order. If it was then it would set the Control's focus. But looping through each control seems an expensive way of just moving to the next control?

[Dököll]

I got arround the problem by looping through each of my Custom Controls (in effect TextBoxes) and checking if that Control's Tabindex was the next one in the order. If it was then it would set the Control's focus. But looping through each control seems an expensive way of just moving to the next control?

Quite welcome, I think I see what you mean, I wonder if setting focus to the next available textbox would do it:

 
Panel1.SetFocus
 
 

Whereby after user enters time, settting focus to next available seat would be automatic.

How 'bout that? Not sure if above will work cannot run anything here. Give me 'til tonight to grab my notebook...

[gtyler]

Quite welcome, I think I see what you mean, I wonder if setting focus to the next available textbox would do it:

 
Panel1.SetFocus
 
 

Whereby after user enters time, settting focus to next available seat would be automatic.

How 'bout that? Not sure if above will work cannot run anything here. Give me 'til tonight to grab my notebook...

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No... I did set the focus to the next control in my original code like this:

Panel1.Controls(i).Focus()

Where 'i' is an iterated integer that went through each of the controls. What I was hoping to find out was for a given control which control would I need to set the focus to next? Which is the next control with in the TabIndex?

[Killer42]

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No... I did set the focus to the next control in my original code like this:

Panel1.Controls(i).Focus()

Where 'i' is an iterated integer that went through each of the controls. What I was hoping to find out was for a given control which control would I need to set the focus to next? Which is the next control with in the TabIndex?

It's a fascinating problem. However, I wonder whether you might be able to shortcut the whole thing by using SendKeys to send a "tab" keypress. :)

Otherwise, I suspect you might be stuck with your current method, which is quite cleverly implemented.

[gtyler]

It's a fascinating problem. However, I wonder whether you might be able to shortcut the whole thing by using SendKeys to send a "tab" keypress. :)

Otherwise, I suspect you might be stuck with your current method, which is quite cleverly implemented.

Ahh... I see what you mean. Not really what I was looking for but it might do the trick. Thank you so much for looking into this for me!