MS Rant - TabIndexes
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From: Tony Toews [MVP] on 24 May 2010 15:48 "Dirk Goldgar" <dg(a)NOdataSPAMgnostics.com.invalid> wrote: >That's what I do. I turn off the tabs themselves using Style = None. >Although having no tabs makes it a little awkward to work on the tab pages >in design view, I can always switch from one tab page to another by >selecting the page in the object drop-down box or the property sheet. Actually I'd put a line or two of code in the forms open event just to change that setting automatically. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
From: Dirk Goldgar on 24 May 2010 22:27 "Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:uullv5lj42greqiajlra9kknifcuv8l502(a)4ax.com... > "Dirk Goldgar" <dg(a)NOdataSPAMgnostics.com.invalid> wrote: > >>That's what I do. I turn off the tabs themselves using Style = None. >>Although having no tabs makes it a little awkward to work on the tab pages >>in design view, I can always switch from one tab page to another by >>selecting the page in the object drop-down box or the property sheet. > > Actually I'd put a line or two of code in the forms open event just to > change that setting automatically. Maybe, but I'm not sure if having space allocated for the tabs would affect the desired layout of the form. I'll bear that in mind as something to try, the next time I have occasion to build a "wizard" interface. -- Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP Access tips: www.datagnostics.com/tips.html (please reply to the newsgroup)
From: Rick Brandt on 25 May 2010 02:22 Dirk Goldgar wrote: > "Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote in message > news:uullv5lj42greqiajlra9kknifcuv8l502(a)4ax.com... >> "Dirk Goldgar" <dg(a)NOdataSPAMgnostics.com.invalid> wrote: >> >>>That's what I do. I turn off the tabs themselves using Style = None. >>>Although having no tabs makes it a little awkward to work on the tab >>>pages in design view, I can always switch from one tab page to another by >>>selecting the page in the object drop-down box or the property sheet. >> >> Actually I'd put a line or two of code in the forms open event just to >> change that setting automatically. > > > Maybe, but I'm not sure if having space allocated for the tabs would > affect > the desired layout of the form. I'll bear that in mind as something to > try, the next time I have occasion to build a "wizard" interface. > In that circumstance I just name the tab pages starting with "AAA" so that they always appear at the top of the control list.
From: David W. Fenton on 25 May 2010 13:33 "Dirk Goldgar" <dg(a)NOdataSPAMgnostics.com.invalid> wrote in news:5D417F61-1952-44B3-A183-A18CCDFA1336(a)microsoft.com: > "Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote in message > news:uullv5lj42greqiajlra9kknifcuv8l502(a)4ax.com... >> "Dirk Goldgar" <dg(a)NOdataSPAMgnostics.com.invalid> wrote: >> >>>That's what I do. I turn off the tabs themselves using Style = >>>None. Although having no tabs makes it a little awkward to work >>>on the tab pages in design view, I can always switch from one tab >>>page to another by selecting the page in the object drop-down box >>>or the property sheet. >> >> Actually I'd put a line or two of code in the forms open event >> just to change that setting automatically. > > Maybe, but I'm not sure if having space allocated for the tabs > would affect the desired layout of the form. I'll bear that in > mind as something to try, the next time I have occasion to build a > "wizard" interface. It does wreck the layout if you have the tab control very close to the top of the detail area, or if the extra space the tabs take up covers other controls. I just use the dropdown, but, yes, it is something of a pain. -- David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/
From: David C. Holley on 25 May 2010 18:32
But you could design the layout and shake down the functionality by placing the controls in regions of a very enlarged form, thus avoiding the headache of the overlap. If you go with a naming schema such as tb1_, tb2_ you can then you code to move the controls into and out of position. "David W. Fenton" <XXXusenet(a)dfenton.com.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns9D8389D94C6Df99a49ed1d0c49c5bbb2(a)74.209.136.90... > "Dirk Goldgar" <dg(a)NOdataSPAMgnostics.com.invalid> wrote in > news:5D417F61-1952-44B3-A183-A18CCDFA1336(a)microsoft.com: > >> "Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote in message >> news:uullv5lj42greqiajlra9kknifcuv8l502(a)4ax.com... >>> "Dirk Goldgar" <dg(a)NOdataSPAMgnostics.com.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>>That's what I do. I turn off the tabs themselves using Style = >>>>None. Although having no tabs makes it a little awkward to work >>>>on the tab pages in design view, I can always switch from one tab >>>>page to another by selecting the page in the object drop-down box >>>>or the property sheet. >>> >>> Actually I'd put a line or two of code in the forms open event >>> just to change that setting automatically. >> >> Maybe, but I'm not sure if having space allocated for the tabs >> would affect the desired layout of the form. I'll bear that in >> mind as something to try, the next time I have occasion to build a >> "wizard" interface. > > It does wreck the layout if you have the tab control very close to > the top of the detail area, or if the extra space the tabs take up > covers other controls. > > I just use the dropdown, but, yes, it is something of a pain. > > -- > David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ > usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/ |