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Good for you. I often see forms that jump all over the place.
Get all other users out of the database if there are any. Open up the form in Design view. Click once on the first text box. Bring up the propery sheet by pressing the F4 key. Go to the Other tab. Towards the bottom are the Tab Stop and Tab Index properties. If you want something to tab into make sure that Tab Stop is set to Yes. Tab Index is where you order the tabbing. The first one starts with 0 (zero) and not 1. Work through starting with the first text field and number them in the order that you want. OR When in the Tab Index property of a text box, look over to the right for the little three dot ... build button. It will bring up a dialog box where you can move things around or even let Access try to Auto Order things. Go to the -- Jerry Whittle Light. Strong. Cheap. Pick two. Keith Bontrager - Bicycle Builder. "zaps via AccessMonster.com" wrote: Hi there, I created a form and have added all the fields I need. I then moved fields around, putting this one in front of this one, this one underneath. When I tabb through the form, it goes in the order I put the fields on my form, jumping all around. I would like to be able to tabb through the fields from top to bottom?? Can someone help me? I am using Access 2003. Thanks, Zaps -- Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com |
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Hi there,
I created a form and have added all the fields I need. I then moved fields around, putting this one in front of this one, this one underneath. When I tabb through the form, it goes in the order I put the fields on my form, jumping all around. I would like to be able to tabb through the fields from top to bottom?? Can someone help me? I am using Access 2003. Thanks, Zaps -- Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com |
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You can just as easily point to the upper left corner of the form, right
click, select tab order and move them up and down to get the order you want. "Jerry Whittle" wrote: Good for you. I often see forms that jump all over the place. Get all other users out of the database if there are any. Open up the form in Design view. Click once on the first text box. Bring up the propery sheet by pressing the F4 key. Go to the Other tab. Towards the bottom are the Tab Stop and Tab Index properties. If you want something to tab into make sure that Tab Stop is set to Yes. Tab Index is where you order the tabbing. The first one starts with 0 (zero) and not 1. Work through starting with the first text field and number them in the order that you want. OR When in the Tab Index property of a text box, look over to the right for the little three dot ... build button. It will bring up a dialog box where you can move things around or even let Access try to Auto Order things. Go to the -- Jerry Whittle Light. Strong. Cheap. Pick two. Keith Bontrager - Bicycle Builder. "zaps via AccessMonster.com" wrote: Hi there, I created a form and have added all the fields I need. I then moved fields around, putting this one in front of this one, this one underneath. When I tabb through the form, it goes in the order I put the fields on my form, jumping all around. I would like to be able to tabb through the fields from top to bottom?? Can someone help me? I am using Access 2003. Thanks, Zaps -- Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com |
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Just learned something new today.
Thanks! -- Jerry Whittle Light. Strong. Cheap. Pick two. Keith Bontrager - Bicycle Builder. "Klatuu" wrote: You can just as easily point to the upper left corner of the form, right click, select tab order and move them up and down to get the order you want. "Jerry Whittle" wrote: Good for you. I often see forms that jump all over the place. Get all other users out of the database if there are any. Open up the form in Design view. Click once on the first text box. Bring up the propery sheet by pressing the F4 key. Go to the Other tab. Towards the bottom are the Tab Stop and Tab Index properties. If you want something to tab into make sure that Tab Stop is set to Yes. Tab Index is where you order the tabbing. The first one starts with 0 (zero) and not 1. Work through starting with the first text field and number them in the order that you want. OR When in the Tab Index property of a text box, look over to the right for the little three dot ... build button. It will bring up a dialog box where you can move things around or even let Access try to Auto Order things. Go to the -- Jerry Whittle Light. Strong. Cheap. Pick two. Keith Bontrager - Bicycle Builder. "zaps via AccessMonster.com" wrote: Hi there, I created a form and have added all the fields I need. I then moved fields around, putting this one in front of this one, this one underneath. When I tabb through the form, it goes in the order I put the fields on my form, jumping all around. I would like to be able to tabb through the fields from top to bottom?? Can someone help me? I am using Access 2003. Thanks, Zaps -- Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com |
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Thanks Jerry!! Works Perfect!! You are Awesome!!
Jerry Whittle wrote: Good for you. I often see forms that jump all over the place. Get all other users out of the database if there are any. Open up the form in Design view. Click once on the first text box. Bring up the propery sheet by pressing the F4 key. Go to the Other tab. Towards the bottom are the Tab Stop and Tab Index properties. If you want something to tab into make sure that Tab Stop is set to Yes. Tab Index is where you order the tabbing. The first one starts with 0 (zero) and not 1. Work through starting with the first text field and number them in the order that you want. OR When in the Tab Index property of a text box, look over to the right for the little three dot ... build button. It will bring up a dialog box where you can move things around or even let Access try to Auto Order things. Go to the Hi there, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] Thanks, Zaps -- Message posted via AccessMonster.com http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/For...arted/200603/1 |
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Thanks Klatuu, that's nice and easy! thanks agian
Klatuu wrote: You can just as easily point to the upper left corner of the form, right click, select tab order and move them up and down to get the order you want. Good for you. I often see forms that jump all over the place. Get all other users out of the database if there are any. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] Thanks, Zaps -- Message posted via AccessMonster.com http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/For...arted/200603/1 |
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