Accelerator key takes 2 tries to open combobox
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Mark Tangar
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 Accelerator key takes 2 tries to open combobox Hi Gang, I have a form with a simple combobox, and just before it in the tab
order is a label. The label has an Accelerator key assigned ("T").
But for some reason the label won't give the focus to the combobox
on the first attempt at pressing ALT+T. Instead, it beeps. If I
press ALT+T again, the combobox wakes up and takes the focus, but
never on the first try.
Why??
There aren't many other controls on the form at all, and they're
all just commandbuttons and labels. The combobox could hardly
be simpler (3 entries, 1 column, listbox style). The combobox
is never made non-Enabled or non-Visible. There are no other
label-and-control pairs. All other accelerator-ized controls use
other letters and work fine. The accelerator character *does* occur
in the label, I've double-checked. And I don't have ALT+T assigned
to anything else in any other way.
What could possibly be causing this hesitation?
Thanks, as always.
Mark
------ WWW: http://www.*-*-*.com/ ~mtangard ----------------------
------------- "Life is nothing if you aren't obsessed." --John Waters
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| Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:50:53 GMT |
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Mark Tangar
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Accelerator key takes 2 tries to open combobox I solved this, but I don't know entirely how. There were 2 *frames*
in the form, and both were set with the TabStop property = True.
I de-Trued them and the problem went away.
If anyone would care to explain this, I'm all ears. In fact, any
kind of mini-tutorial on why frames exist (other than for option
buttons, which these weren't holding) would be welcome.
Mark
Quote:
> Hi Gang,
> I have a form with a simple combobox, and just before it in the tab
> order is a label. The label has an Accelerator key assigned ("T").
> But for some reason the label won't give the focus to the combobox
> on the first attempt at pressing ALT+T. Instead, it beeps. If I
> press ALT+T again, the combobox wakes up and takes the focus, but
> never on the first try.
> Why??
> There aren't many other controls on the form at all, and they're
> all just commandbuttons and labels. The combobox could hardly
> be simpler (3 entries, 1 column, listbox style). The combobox
> is never made non-Enabled or non-Visible. There are no other
> label-and-control pairs. All other accelerator-ized controls use
> other letters and work fine. The accelerator character *does* occur
> in the label, I've double-checked. And I don't have ALT+T assigned
> to anything else in any other way.
> What could possibly be causing this hesitation?
> Thanks, as always.
> Mark
> ------ WWW: http://www.speakeasy.org/~mtangard ----------------------
> ------------- "Life is nothing if you aren't obsessed." --John Waters
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| Sun, 30 Nov 2003 23:15:50 GMT |
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Perr
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Accelerator key takes 2 tries to open combobox Hi Mark,
That's because a Frame (likewise a Multipage) are Container objects.
From a developer's point of view, t's desirable to have OnEnter events
or TabStop properties being assigned to, in order to manipulate
it's child controls.
Debug print the parent name of a control placed in a frame
and see what's printed.
Kind regards,
Perry
Quote: > I solved this, but I don't know entirely how. There were 2 *frames*
> in the form, and both were set with the TabStop property = True.
> I de-Trued them and the problem went away.
> If anyone would care to explain this, I'm all ears. In fact, any
> kind of mini-tutorial on why frames exist (other than for option
> buttons, which these weren't holding) would be welcome.
> Mark
> > Hi Gang,
> > I have a form with a simple combobox, and just before it in the tab
> > order is a label. The label has an Accelerator key assigned ("T").
> > But for some reason the label won't give the focus to the combobox
> > on the first attempt at pressing ALT+T. Instead, it beeps. If I
> > press ALT+T again, the combobox wakes up and takes the focus, but
> > never on the first try.
> > Why??
> > There aren't many other controls on the form at all, and they're
> > all just commandbuttons and labels. The combobox could hardly
> > be simpler (3 entries, 1 column, listbox style). The combobox
> > is never made non-Enabled or non-Visible. There are no other
> > label-and-control pairs. All other accelerator-ized controls use
> > other letters and work fine. The accelerator character *does* occur
> > in the label, I've double-checked. And I don't have ALT+T assigned
> > to anything else in any other way.
> > What could possibly be causing this hesitation?
> > Thanks, as always.
> > Mark
> > ------ WWW: http://www.speakeasy.org/~mtangard ----------------------
> > ------------- "Life is nothing if you aren't obsessed." --John Waters
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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| Mon, 01 Dec 2003 04:50:58 GMT |
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Mark Tangar
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Accelerator key takes 2 tries to open combobox Quote:
> Debug print the parent name of a control placed in a frame
> and see what's printed.
Perry, thanks, but I'm a little fuzzy on Debug.Print. I can't seem to get the parent name accepted in code. Parent doesn't have a a Name property. What am I missing? Mark
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| Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:19:07 GMT |
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Perr
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Accelerator key takes 2 tries to open combobox Hi Mark, Quote: > a Name property. What am I missing?
Heh ??? Beats me. Situation: UserForm1, Frame1.
TextBox1 is placed in Frame1 of course ...
Private Sub UserForm_Click()
Debug.Print "TextBox1 name: " & Me.TextBox1.Name
Debug.Print "Frame1 name: " & Me.Frame1.Name
Debug.Print "textbox1 parentname: " & TextBox1.Parent.Name
End Sub
Resulted into:
TextBox1 name: TextBox1
Frame1 name: Frame1
textbox1 parentname: Frame1
Kind regards,
Perry
Quote:
> > Debug print the parent name of a control placed in a frame
> > and see what's printed.
> Perry, thanks, but I'm a little fuzzy on Debug.Print. I can't seem
> to get the parent name accepted in code. Parent doesn't have a
> a Name property. What am I missing?
> Mark
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