change focus of textbox only on tab press

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I have one form with two tab pages I want like this when i press tab which has focus textbox on tabpage1 it should move focus to textbox on the tabpage2..

thx..

Posted 21-Dec-11 21:31pm

Ravi Sargam

Updated 22-Dec-11 18:58pm

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Albert Holguin 22-Dec-11 11:13am

You tags need to be more appropriate, what's the framework? ...or are directly interacting with an API?

Albert Holguin 22-Dec-11 11:14am

By the way, having tab move you from one tabpage to another is not what I'd call regular operation, that's a pretty non-standard way of doing things.

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*Karthik Harve* · Answer 1 · 2011-12-21T21:37:00

Solution 1

on key press event..

C#

if(e.KeyCode == 9)
{
     tabcontainer1.ActiveTabIndex=2;
     txtbox2.focus();
}

hope this works..

Posted 21-Dec-11 21:37pm

Karthik Harve

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Ravi Sargam 22-Dec-11 3:48am

on which key press. karthik

on textbox1 keypress event e.keycode is not available only keychar is there

Ravi Sargam 23-Dec-11 0:55am

Karthik is there any other way ???

Mohibur Rashid · Answer 2 · 2011-12-21T22:08:00

Solution 2

Take a look at IsDialogMessage function, this is the function that will permit you to brows using TAB button

C++

while(GetMessage(&msg,0,0,0))
while(GetMessage(&msg,0,0,0))
{
   if (!IsDialogMessage(ghwnd, //for main window
&msg) && !IsDialogMessage(hViewWindow,//for one view window
 &msg) && !TranslateAccelerator( msg.hwnd //for all window i think
,haccel ,&msg))
   {
    TranslateMessage(&msg);
    DispatchMessage(&msg);
   }
}

I build this thing in rush and not a windows programmer might found some *** let me know.. But this program works fine :)

Posted 21-Dec-11 22:08pm

Mohibur Rashid

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Ravi Sargam 23-Dec-11 0:55am

i'm not getting it is there any other way...

Mohibur Rashid 23-Dec-11 2:30am

how come?
follow the link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/eb65x3z3(v=vs.80).aspx

and also make sure you used style WS_TABSTOP on your object

Ravi Sargam 23-Dec-11 3:36am

if i have to do it in C# then what i have to do ???

Mohibur Rashid 23-Dec-11 6:02am

When did you change your tag?

besides I dont know.

Ravi Sargam · Answer 3 · 2011-12-26T23:23:00

Solution 3

1.just add another textbox behind txtbox1 on tabpage1
2.set tab index number of textbox if textbox1 tab index is 1 set textbox tab index to 2.
3.on Enter event of textbox transfer it to textbox2 which is on the tabpage2

Posted 26-Dec-11 23:23pm

Ravi Sargam