tabStop

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Determines if the user can select an object by pressing Tab or Shift+Tab.

Property of

All form components that can receive focus

Description

Set the tabStop property to false when you want to remove an object from the tab order of the parent form. For example, a TabBox object to select pages on a form is often not put in the tab order because it’s not a data entry control. (For data entry purposes, you could put a button at the end of the tab order to move the user to the next page.)

If you have a PushButton component that you don’t want in the tab order, you may not want it to receive focus either. If that’s the case, set its speedBar property to true instead, which prevents both tabbing and focus.