Editing the Tab Order of an Element

You can configure the elements on the canvas so that at run time you can use the Tab key to put each element in focus in a specified sequence. This sequence is called the tab order.

By default, when you place elements on the canvas, they have a tab order number of 0. Elements with the same tab order number are placed into focus by tabbing at run time according to their z-order. This means they are tabbed through at run time according to their position in the Elements List.

You can override the tab order by assigning a unique index number to the TabOrder property of each element.

Lower tab order numbers take precedence over higher tab order numbers. You must change this value to determine the tab order sequence.

Verfify that the TabStop property of each element is set to true. When the TabStop property is set to true, you can use the Tab key at run time to switch to the selected element.

To edit the element’s tab order

1. Select the element for which you want to set the tab order.

2. In the Properties Editor, set the TabStop property is set to True.

3. Type a unique value for the TabOrder property.

Related Topics

Editing Common Properties of Elements and Graphics