None of your controls will work, however, you can use the minimize and maximize buttons and resize the form to make sure it behaves asĮxpected. The Preview GUI button allows you to preview the way a form will appear at run time, without executing any of your code. In the below screenshot, however, the tab order has been changed to button1, dropdown, button2. In the above screenshot the tab order is button1, button2, dropdown. Once you reach the end of the available tab orders it will start back at zero. As you click on the element, the number will increase. Clicking on the element simply cycles through the available tab orders. You don't have to click on the tab order number itself, just clicking anywhere on theĮlement will suffice. To change the tab order simplyĬlick on one of the elements until the number you want appears.
So zero is the first tab, one is the second tab, and so on and so forth. Notice the tab order itself is a zero-based array. Order of the form items, simply click the Tab Order button and each element on the form will show its tab order on the left. That means that one click turns it on and another turns it off. Makes the vertical distances between the selected controls equal. You hit the Tab key, each element will be highlighted in a certain order. This means that when you are in the form and
Tab Order works to help you set the order in which you can tab through the form elements. Setting the tab order of controls so that users can navigate through a form with the Tab key Move controls behind or in front of other controls If you select more than one type of control then the properties window will only display the properties and eventsĬentering controls horizontally and vertically on a form Once selected, any changes you make in the Property Pane or the Add Events dialog will beĪpplied to all of the controls. Use this button to select all of the controls on a form. The edit section of the ribbon bar contains a number of useful commands for working with controls.įor example: To change the background color of a set of buttons, click on the first control, and then Left Ctrl+click on the others. This screenshot shows a button control about to be dropped on to an empty form: To add a control to a form, simply open the toolbox and double click it in the Controls or Control Sets pane OR drag and drop it onto the form.