Tab Position

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warrenk
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Tab Position

Post by warrenk » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:58 pm

I am trying to change the tab position of my fields on a card. The only way I know of doing this is through the layer? My problem is some fields don't allow me to change the layer. When I go into the properties and try to set the layers nothing happens. The move forward/backward keys are not disabled...but nothing happens when I select them.

1) Am I trying to set the tab position correctly?
2) If I am...what would prevent me from changing the position?

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Post by Janschenkel » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:52 pm

Are those 'unmovable' fields inside a group, by any chance?
The engine by default protects you from moving these around, but you can control that by changing the relayerGroupedControls global property from the message box.

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set the relayerGroupedControls to true
Bear ion mind that this can result in control getting moved out of the group they were in, so be careful.

HTH,

Jan Schenkel.
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Post by warrenk » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:06 pm

Jan,

Thank you very much!!!!! :D

I was really banging my head against the wall on this. Setting the relayerGroupedControls to true worked.

Warren

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