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How to set focus on control within tabcontrol when tab changes?

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:20:29 -0700

I have a tabcontrol with three tabs.

First tab has several controls.
Second tab has only one control.
And the last tab has several controls.

How do I set the focus to a control within a tab when the tab page changes?

Code such as the following did not work for me.

If Me.TabControl1.SelectedIndex = myTabPageTreatment Then
txbVisitTreatment.Focus()
End If

Thanks for all help!!!
vbn

Re: How to set focus on control within tabcontrol when tab changes?

Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:23:26 -0700

i dont know if this is what u want..but ill try my luck nway.. :)
basically..it's quite easy to set focus on any control...
u just open up the properties window for that particular contol...look for an option of TabIndex..then change the tab index...
set it to 0 for the control that u want to focus immediately as the tab loads and 1 for the next..2..3..and it goes on...
go to the next tab and do the same thing for the controls on it...

hope it helps..

-raina-

Re: How to set focus on control within tabcontrol when tab changes?

Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:03:22 -0700

Thanks Raina

As it turns out I know about this and already have the tab sequence set as desired. I don't want to change the tab sequence (too many tabs with too many controls). I could not manually manage that. What I am looking for is: say you have a tab control with three tabs and each tab has 15 controls, plus labels , etc. When tab 1 is clicked, I want to be able to set the focus to a certain control within the tab. Ditto for tab 2 and tab 3.

I appreciate your being gracious and taking the time to help. Many blessings to you.

Thanks
Vbn

Re: How to set focus on control within tabcontrol when tab changes?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:11:44 -0700

Hello,
You can do it like this.
TablecontrolName.SelectTab(TabPageName)

this way you can programmatically change the table
E.g. you are clicking a button and changes the tab control.
Hope this works, as for me , it did!

Re: How to set focus on control within tabcontrol when tab changes?

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:40:58 -0700

Suppose If you have One TabControl(Tabcontrol1) and three Tab pages
(TabPage1,TabPage2,TabPage3).

if you are in Tabpage1 and if you want to goto Tabpage3

Code:
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TabControl1.SelectedTab = TabPage1

txbVisitTreatment.Focus() ' If u want to focus to any control

Re: How to set focus on control within tabcontrol when tab changes?

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:33:31 -0700

Hi,
The TabControl is a container control that allows you to display multiple tab on a single form and it allowed switching between the tabs....
for more information check this link...
http://www.mindstick.com/Articles/0f9a1b51-f2e8-4343-ab35-4229f1f19b93/?TabControl%20in%20VB.Net

thanks !!!

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