edit boxes Question: How do you change the order - Tab Stop?

[TheDigitalAlchemist]

Lets say you have 3 edit boxes:

1 x1xxxxxxx
2 x2xxxxxxx
3 x3xxxxxxx

and then I want to add another edit box, and put it in between 2 and 3
(so I get)
1 x1xxxxxxx
2 x2xxxxxxx
3 xx-new-xx
4 x3xxxxxxx


But instead, it will go from 1 2 4 3 as you hit 'tab" key...

How can I 'reorder' the edit boxes so they will tab in order after I add one in the middle of the list?

(I'd prefer NOT to have to switch 3 and 4)

Thanks in advance!

-TDA

[nivram]

Try the Tab Control Object.

Marv

[Jaffob]

I haven't checked this, but I think it has to do with the Z order of the Edit Box objects. Try right-clicking the Edit Boxes and doing Order -> Move Forward/Backward, and see if that affects the tab order as well.

[LB]

No, the order is the creation order. The Tab Control object lets you create a Window Control of type Tab Control, it has nothing to do with tab order. The Z order is also irrelevant.

You must recreate them in the order you want them in, sorry.

[TheDigitalAlchemist]

ok thanks for the replies

[Looki]

Please check things like that before posting, LB! You're wrong - It IS the Z order, which, by default, of course, is proportional to the creation order. You can right-click the edit boxes and re-order them - the front most one will be the last.

[LB]

Oops. I was thinking of spread values and thought it was the same way. Thanks Looki!

[MuddyMole]

It *is* the same as spread values (and ForEach loops, and everything else) - those can also be adjusted by using "bring to front" / "send to back" etc (in the frame editor only - not using events).

[LB]

When did this change? I opened an old MFA from months ago where no matter what the Z-Order was, the objects were spread in creation order. The MFA no longer works

[BEARFACE]

True, the Z order is what counts. Now try and create a more advanced interface with checkboxes and buttons that can be enabled or disabled, see if you can maintain a sensible tab order.