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Problems with SSTab Control (TabOrder, Changing Tabs, Hotkeys)
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Benno Scher
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 Problems with SSTab Control (TabOrder, Changing Tabs, Hotkeys) Hello all!
I got some problems with a SSTab control (VB 6):
Assume there are two tabs: "Tab1" and "Tab2", the tab order of the
control elements is from top to bottom, left to right and "Tab1" to
"Tab2".
Tab1 Tab2
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1 3 5 7
2 4 6 8
1. When tab "Tab1" is visible the focus disappears after pressing the
TAB-Key and having the focus on the last control element of tab "Tab1"
(4). The focus goes to tab "Tab2" but does not keep to the tab order
of the control elements (goes to 7 instead of 5 - it's really true!).
2. CTRL + TAB does not change the visible tab from "Tab1" to "Tab2".
3. If tab "Tab1" is visible a hotkey an tab "Tab2" is still active.
4. The KeyPress event of the form (KeyPreview is TRUE) does not catch
the TAB-Key.
Does anybody know the trick to get a workable SSTab control?
Thank you very much
Benno Scherer
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Brad Pane
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Problems with SSTab Control (TabOrder, Changing Tabs, Hotkeys) Although not an expert on the Tab control I have used it and think that it
works nicely.
Quote: > Hello all! > I got some problems with a SSTab control (VB 6):
> Assume there are two tabs: "Tab1" and "Tab2", the tab order of the
> control elements is from top to bottom, left to right and "Tab1" to
> "Tab2".
> Tab1 Tab2
> -------- --------
> 1 3 5 7
> 2 4 6 8
> 1. When tab "Tab1" is visible the focus disappears after pressing the
> TAB-Key and having the focus on the last control element of tab "Tab1"
> (4). The focus goes to tab "Tab2" but does not keep to the tab order
> of the control elements (goes to 7 instead of 5 - it's really true!).
Quote: > 2. CTRL + TAB does not change the visible tab from "Tab1" to "Tab2".
Quote: > 3. If tab "Tab1" is visible a hotkey an tab "Tab2" is still active.
keys...even if I change to View...
Quote: > 4. The KeyPress event of the form (KeyPreview is TRUE) does not catch
> the TAB-Key.
> Does anybody know the trick to get a workable SSTab control?
> Thank you very much
> Benno Scherer
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Brad Pane
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Problems with SSTab Control (TabOrder, Changing Tabs, Hotkeys) Finishing my reply...accidentally sent this out...before I was done
Quote: > Hello all! > I got some problems with a SSTab control (VB 6):
> Assume there are two tabs: "Tab1" and "Tab2", the tab order of the
> control elements is from top to bottom, left to right and "Tab1" to
> "Tab2".
> Tab1 Tab2
> -------- --------
> 1 3 5 7
> 2 4 6 8
> 1. When tab "Tab1" is visible the focus disappears after pressing the
> TAB-Key and having the focus on the last control element of tab "Tab1"
> (4). The focus goes to tab "Tab2" but does not keep to the tab order
> of the control elements (goes to 7 instead of 5 - it's really true!).
Quote: > 2. CTRL + TAB does not change the visible tab from "Tab1" to "Tab2".
I think you need to add code in Keypress event, I dont think the control
supports Ctrl-Tab
Quote: > 3. If tab "Tab1" is visible a hotkey an tab "Tab2" is still active.
All hot-keys are active unless you disable them... Alt-F-O still works in
Visual C even when form is set to View-Full Screen.
Quote: > 4. The KeyPress event of the form (KeyPreview is TRUE) does not catch
> the TAB-Key.
Doesn't sound like an SStab problem.
Quote: > Does anybody know the trick to get a workable SSTab control?
you want it to.
AFAIC as long as when you Click on the top tab, and that folder comes to the
front...works OK for me
Quote: > Thank you very much
> Benno Scherer
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Ja
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Problems with SSTab Control (TabOrder, Changing Tabs, Hotkeys) Comments inline.
were released on Wed, 06 Dec 2000 23:44:28 GMT bearing the
following fruit:
Quote: >Hello all! >I got some problems with a SSTab control (VB 6):
>Assume there are two tabs: "Tab1" and "Tab2", the tab order of the
>control elements is from top to bottom, left to right and "Tab1" to
>"Tab2".
>Tab1 Tab2
>-------- --------
>1 3 5 7
>2 4 6 8
>1. When tab "Tab1" is visible the focus disappears after pressing the
>TAB-Key and having the focus on the last control element of tab "Tab1"
>(4). The focus goes to tab "Tab2" but does not keep to the tab order
>of the control elements (goes to 7 instead of 5 - it's really true!).
visible. This is most easily done by having a frame on
each tab and putting your controls in that. Then you
only need to disable the frame.
Quote: >2. CTRL + TAB does not change the visible tab from "Tab1" to "Tab2".
If by visible you mean active then it does work for me.
(And I didn;t even know about CTRL + TAB until I read
your post)
Quote: >3. If tab "Tab1" is visible a hotkey an tab "Tab2" is still active.
See 1
Quote: >4. The KeyPress event of the form (KeyPreview is TRUE) does not catch
>the TAB-Key.
Nothing to do with the SSTab though.
Quote: >Does anybody know the trick to get a workable SSTab control?
The SSTab does work, it just doesn't work the way _you_
expect it too. Like most controls, there is usually a
little extra coding involved to get it to work how you
would like it to.
J
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Benno Scher
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Problems with SSTab Control (TabOrder, Changing Tabs, Hotkeys) Thanks for your reply!
Comments see below.
Quote: >Finishing my reply...accidentally sent this out...before I was done
>> Hello all!
>> I got some problems with a SSTab control (VB 6):
>> Assume there are two tabs: "Tab1" and "Tab2", the tab order of the
>> control elements is from top to bottom, left to right and "Tab1" to
>> "Tab2".
>> Tab1 Tab2
>> -------- --------
>> 1 3 5 7
>> 2 4 6 8
>> 1. When tab "Tab1" is visible the focus disappears after pressing the
>> TAB-Key and having the focus on the last control element of tab "Tab1"
>> (4). The focus goes to tab "Tab2" but does not keep to the tab order
>> of the control elements (goes to 7 instead of 5 - it's really true!).
>I think its up to you to set focus here...
GotFocus event but I still think there is an error in VB. My solution
works fine but I have to check it after each change on the SSTab
control.
Quote: >> 2. CTRL + TAB does not change the visible tab from "Tab1" to "Tab2".
>I think you need to add code in Keypress event, I dont think the control
>supports Ctrl-Tab
combination works (arrow keys also work). But: The focus has to be on
the SSTab control for changing the tab with keystrokes.
Quote: >> 3. If tab "Tab1" is visible a hotkey an tab "Tab2" is still active.
>All hot-keys are active unless you disable them... Alt-F-O still works in
>Visual C even when form is set to View-Full Screen.
in the GotFocus event of each control what tab is the visible one. If
the control does not belong to the visible tab, the hotkey event
should be canceled. No, I refuse to do something like that.
Quote: >> 4. The KeyPress event of the form (KeyPreview is TRUE) does not catch >> the TAB-Key. >Doesn't sound like an SStab problem.
in the VB 6 documentation the TAB-Key is explicitly mentioned as one
of the keys the KeyPress event is able to catch.
Quote: >> Does anybody know the trick to get a workable SSTab control?
>Create your own, or add the code you think it needs for it to work the way
>you want it to.
>AFAIC as long as when you Click on the top tab, and that folder comes to the
>front...works OK for me
Any literature you can recommend?
Quote: >> Thank you very much
>> Benno Scherer
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