In a doc, using the tab key to move from field to field, the “position in tab order” value does not always control to where I am tabbing.I tried saving the form in 8.5.1, (the from was originally developed in 6.5). Saving the form did not solve the issue. The tabbing seems to be consistent in each doc, however consistently wrong. (Field 8 tabs to field 13 in each doc, consistent, but wrong.) This same tabbing issue ocurrs in to different forms.
Also, the fields are within 2 layout regions.
Subject: Solution to field to field tabbing on layout
I know this response is years after the OP’s question, but since I too had the problem of tab order not working on a layout used as a dialogbox, I thought I’d post the solution.
In a layout in a dialog box, the tab order for fields is broken. No amount of playing with the tab order works, and it seems to ignore the values completely. Here is the solution:
To summarize, sequentially right-click in Designer on the fields for which you want arrange the tab order and click on “Bring to front”. The sequence that you do this, one field at a time, creates the tab order.
Apparently the tab order will also follow the order in which the fields are created on the layout. But that “fix” would be a pain to implement on an existing form/layout with lots of fields.
The “bring to front” so-called solution is a nuisance, but at least it seems to work.