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Cynthi
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 Tab Order with Panels Problem: I'm having a huge problem with the Tab order from one panel to the next. On one panel I have 2 textboxes which tab one to the next fine. After I tab out of the second text box I would like to tab to a button on another panel. Patteren would be something like this: Panel1, txtBox, txtBox, Panel2, button, button, and then back to panel1. I am working with multiple panels with multiple controls on each of them, so there is more then 2 panels on my form, I just need to use those 2. I know this maybe a simple question, but it is giving me alot of grieve, so if anyone out there could please help. OR if anyone knew where I may find information on this subject. It seems that each panel has its own tab order level and does not see the other panels. Thank You
Cynthia
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| Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:56:38 GMT |
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L.J. Ribben
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Tab Order with Panels Cynthia, I placed four panels on a Form, put two Textboxes in Panel 1, two Buttons in
Panel two, one Button in panel three, and one Button in Panel4. Next I set
the TabStop property of the Buttons in Panel 3 and Panel 4 to False, and
everything works as advertised.... Tabbing moves from Textbox1 to Textbox2
to Button1 to Button2 and then back to Textbox1. Are you using the Focus
statement anywhere in your code?
Laurens
Quote: > Problem: > I'm having a huge problem with the Tab order from one > panel to the next. On one panel I have 2 textboxes which > tab one to the next fine. After I tab out of the second > text box I would like to tab to a button on another panel. > Patteren would be something like this: Panel1, txtBox, > txtBox, Panel2, button, button, and then back to panel1. > I am working with multiple panels with multiple controls > on each of them, so there is more then 2 panels on my > form, I just need to use those 2. > I know this maybe a simple question, but it is giving > me alot of grieve, so if anyone out there could please > help. OR if anyone knew where I may find information on > this subject. It seems that each panel has its own tab > order level and does not see the other panels. > Thank You
> Cynthia
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| Tue, 30 Nov 2004 01:26:35 GMT |
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Cynthi
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Tab Order with Panels Laurens,
Thank you for your reply, but I worded a few things
wrong on my post. There are more then just 2 buttons on
that panel. Lets use the example you had sent me about
the four panels. Lets say Panel2 has 4 or 5 buttons
instead of 2. Now lets Say panel1 has 3 text boxes. What I
want to do is tab to textbox1 then textbox2 on panel1 then
tab to panel2 and tab to button 2 then tab to button 4 and
then tabing back to panel 1 and landing on lets say
textbox3.
I am probably missing something and when I had read
the .Net framework help on the topic, they have a phrase
that states "TabIndex: Tab order of the control within its
container" I have come to the conclusion that you can tab
in an order in one panel container then step over to
another, but you can't order the controls on the panels to
a certain order you want them in. EG. TextBox1 tab to
Button 2 on Panel2, tab to TextBox 3 on Panel1, and then
tab to Button 4 on Panel2.
In VB 6 you could tab to any controls within
containers on the form it didn't matter as long as you set
up the TabIndex of the control to what order you wanted it
in.
Any solutions I am open to or information
Thanks again
Cynthia
Quote: >-----Original Message----- >Cynthia, >I placed four panels on a Form, put two Textboxes in
Panel 1, two Buttons in Quote: >Panel two, one Button in panel three, and one Button in
Panel4. Next I set
>the TabStop property of the Buttons in Panel 3 and Panel
4 to False, and
>everything works as advertised.... Tabbing moves from
Textbox1 to Textbox2 Quote: >to Button1 to Button2 and then back to Textbox1. Are you using the Focus >statement anywhere in your code? >Laurens
>> Problem:
>> I'm having a huge problem with the Tab order from
one
>> panel to the next. On one panel I have 2 textboxes
which
>> tab one to the next fine. After I tab out of the second
>> text box I would like to tab to a button on another
panel.
>> Patteren would be something like this: Panel1,
txtBox,
>> txtBox, Panel2, button, button, and then back to panel1.
>> I am working with multiple panels with multiple controls
>> on each of them, so there is more then 2 panels on my
>> form, I just need to use those 2.
>> I know this maybe a simple question, but it is giving
>> me alot of grieve, so if anyone out there could please
>> help. OR if anyone knew where I may find information on
>> this subject. It seems that each panel has its own tab
>> order level and does not see the other panels.
>> Thank You
>> Cynthia
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| Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:00:19 GMT |
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L.J. Ribben
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Tab Order with Panels Ah, I think I see your point now. You want the taborder of all the controls to be independent of the Panels they are situated on. This seems a bit odd to me, why would you want to group controls on a panel and then change the order in which the user tabs through them? I think this taborder behavior is one of the great assets of the Panel. However, if this is what you want, you can still achieve it by setting the
focus manually in the Leave events of the controls, but this seems like hard
work.
Laurens
Quote: > Laurens,
> Thank you for your reply, but I worded a few things
> wrong on my post. There are more then just 2 buttons on
> that panel. Lets use the example you had sent me about
> the four panels. Lets say Panel2 has 4 or 5 buttons
> instead of 2. Now lets Say panel1 has 3 text boxes. What I
> want to do is tab to textbox1 then textbox2 on panel1 then
> tab to panel2 and tab to button 2 then tab to button 4 and
> then tabing back to panel 1 and landing on lets say
> textbox3.
> I am probably missing something and when I had read
> the .Net framework help on the topic, they have a phrase
> that states "TabIndex: Tab order of the control within its
> container" I have come to the conclusion that you can tab
> in an order in one panel container then step over to
> another, but you can't order the controls on the panels to
> a certain order you want them in. EG. TextBox1 tab to
> Button 2 on Panel2, tab to TextBox 3 on Panel1, and then
> tab to Button 4 on Panel2.
> In VB 6 you could tab to any controls within
> containers on the form it didn't matter as long as you set
> up the TabIndex of the control to what order you wanted it
> in.
> Any solutions I am open to or information
> Thanks again
> Cynthia
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Cynthia,
> >I placed four panels on a Form, put two Textboxes in
> Panel 1, two Buttons in
> >Panel two, one Button in panel three, and one Button in
> Panel4. Next I set
> >the TabStop property of the Buttons in Panel 3 and Panel
> 4 to False, and
> >everything works as advertised.... Tabbing moves from
> Textbox1 to Textbox2
> >to Button1 to Button2 and then back to Textbox1. Are you
> using the Focus
> >statement anywhere in your code?
> >Laurens
> >> Problem:
> >> I'm having a huge problem with the Tab order from
> one
> >> panel to the next. On one panel I have 2 textboxes
> which
> >> tab one to the next fine. After I tab out of the second
> >> text box I would like to tab to a button on another
> panel.
> >> Patteren would be something like this: Panel1,
> txtBox,
> >> txtBox, Panel2, button, button, and then back to panel1.
> >> I am working with multiple panels with multiple controls
> >> on each of them, so there is more then 2 panels on my
> >> form, I just need to use those 2.
> >> I know this maybe a simple question, but it is giving
> >> me alot of grieve, so if anyone out there could please
> >> help. OR if anyone knew where I may find information on
> >> this subject. It seems that each panel has its own tab
> >> order level and does not see the other panels.
> >> Thank You
> >> Cynthia
> >.
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| Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:07:00 GMT |
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Cynthi
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Tab Order with Panels Laurens, Thank you again for your help in this matter, and yes I
do agree on your opion about the panels having grouping
the controls on them. The only problem is the application
I am working on happens to be one of those special
application for a manufacturing company, so there is alot
going on, on the form itself.
Hopefully I will be able to help you out in a problem
one day.
Cynthia
Quote: >-----Original Message-----
>Ah, I think I see your point now. You want the taborder
of all the controls
>to be independent of the Panels they are situated on.
This seems a bit odd Quote: >to me, why would you want to group controls on a panel
and then change the
>order in which the user tabs through them? I think this
taborder behavior is Quote: >one of the great assets of the Panel. >However, if this is what you want, you can still achieve
it by setting the
>focus manually in the Leave events of the controls, but
this seems like hard Quote: >work. >Laurens
>> Laurens,
>> Thank you for your reply, but I worded a few things
>> wrong on my post. There are more then just 2 buttons on
>> that panel. Lets use the example you had sent me about
>> the four panels. Lets say Panel2 has 4 or 5 buttons
>> instead of 2. Now lets Say panel1 has 3 text boxes.
What I
>> want to do is tab to textbox1 then textbox2 on panel1
then
>> tab to panel2 and tab to button 2 then tab to button 4
and
>> then tabing back to panel 1 and landing on lets say
>> textbox3.
>> I am probably missing something and when I had read
>> the .Net framework help on the topic, they have a phrase
>> that states "TabIndex: Tab order of the control within
its
>> container" I have come to the conclusion that you can
tab
>> in an order in one panel container then step over to
>> another, but you can't order the controls on the panels
to
>> a certain order you want them in. EG. TextBox1 tab to
>> Button 2 on Panel2, tab to TextBox 3 on Panel1, and then
>> tab to Button 4 on Panel2.
>> In VB 6 you could tab to any controls within
>> containers on the form it didn't matter as long as you
set
>> up the TabIndex of the control to what order you wanted
it
>> in.
>> Any solutions I am open to or information
>> Thanks again
>> Cynthia
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Cynthia,
>> >I placed four panels on a Form, put two Textboxes in
>> Panel 1, two Buttons in
>> >Panel two, one Button in panel three, and one Button in
>> Panel4. Next I set
>> >the TabStop property of the Buttons in Panel 3 and
Panel
>> 4 to False, and
>> >everything works as advertised.... Tabbing moves from
>> Textbox1 to Textbox2
>> >to Button1 to Button2 and then back to Textbox1. Are
you
>> using the Focus
>> >statement anywhere in your code?
>> >Laurens
>> >> Problem:
>> >> I'm having a huge problem with the Tab order
from
>> one
>> >> panel to the next. On one panel I have 2 textboxes
>> which
>> >> tab one to the next fine. After I tab out of the
second
>> >> text box I would like to tab to a button on another
>> panel.
>> >> Patteren would be something like this: Panel1,
>> txtBox,
>> >> txtBox, Panel2, button, button, and then back to
panel1.
>> >> I am working with multiple panels with multiple
controls
>> >> on each of them, so there is more then 2 panels on my
>> >> form, I just need to use those 2.
>> >> I know this maybe a simple question, but it is
giving
>> >> me alot of grieve, so if anyone out there could
please
>> >> help. OR if anyone knew where I may find
information on
>> >> this subject. It seems that each p
{ w Q T DST TS,% ? anel has its own tab Quote: >> >> order level and does not see the other panels. >> >> Thank You
>> >> Cynthia
>> >.
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| Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:22:58 GMT |
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David Shanno
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Tab Order with Panels Tab order is not global to the form, but local to the container. You could try hooking each control's Leave event and manually set focus to
the control you want to go to...
Quote: > Laurens,
> Thank you for your reply, but I worded a few things
> wrong on my post. There are more then just 2 buttons on
> that panel. Lets use the example you had sent me about
> the four panels. Lets say Panel2 has 4 or 5 buttons
> instead of 2. Now lets Say panel1 has 3 text boxes. What I
> want to do is tab to textbox1 then textbox2 on panel1 then
> tab to panel2 and tab to button 2 then tab to button 4 and
> then tabing back to panel 1 and landing on lets say
> textbox3.
> I am probably missing something and when I had read
> the .Net framework help on the topic, they have a phrase
> that states "TabIndex: Tab order of the control within its
> container" I have come to the conclusion that you can tab
> in an order in one panel container then step over to
> another, but you can't order the controls on the panels to
> a certain order you want them in. EG. TextBox1 tab to
> Button 2 on Panel2, tab to TextBox 3 on Panel1, and then
> tab to Button 4 on Panel2.
> In VB 6 you could tab to any controls within
> containers on the form it didn't matter as long as you set
> up the TabIndex of the control to what order you wanted it
> in.
> Any solutions I am open to or information
> Thanks again
> Cynthia
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Cynthia,
> >I placed four panels on a Form, put two Textboxes in
> Panel 1, two Buttons in
> >Panel two, one Button in panel three, and one Button in
> Panel4. Next I set
> >the TabStop property of the Buttons in Panel 3 and Panel
> 4 to False, and
> >everything works as advertised.... Tabbing moves from
> Textbox1 to Textbox2
> >to Button1 to Button2 and then back to Textbox1. Are you
> using the Focus
> >statement anywhere in your code?
> >Laurens
> >> Problem:
> >> I'm having a huge problem with the Tab order from
> one
> >> panel to the next. On one panel I have 2 textboxes
> which
> >> tab one to the next fine. After I tab out of the second
> >> text box I would like to tab to a button on another
> panel.
> >> Patteren would be something like this: Panel1,
> txtBox,
> >> txtBox, Panel2, button, button, and then back to panel1.
> >> I am working with multiple panels with multiple controls
> >> on each of them, so there is more then 2 panels on my
> >> form, I just need to use those 2.
> >> I know this maybe a simple question, but it is giving
> >> me alot of grieve, so if anyone out there could please
> >> help. OR if anyone knew where I may find information on
> >> this subject. It seems that each panel has its own tab
> >> order level and does not see the other panels.
> >> Thank You
> >> Cynthia
> >.
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