I’m on 2016 r3. I have my textfield as tab stop 1. and a button as tab stop 2. But it does not tab from 1 to 2. My Tab order editor is blank and I don’t know how to make it work. Thanks for any help.
Platform ?
By default Windows lets you tab to any / all controls
OS X does not unless you turn on full keyboard access
Make sure you haven’t ticked on “AcceptTabs” (Under behaviour in the Inspector) on the textbox. If you do, the caret will stay stuck inside the textbox as its accepting the tab and not using the tab to move the tab order onwards.
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That wont matter on OS X because buttons cant be tabbed to unless you turn on full keyboard access
Hence why knowing what platform is being targetted is crucial
MAC
Figured it out.
Apple Menu
System Preferences
Keyboard
Shortcuts Tab
check ALL CONTROLS
[quote=340830:@Shawn Brady]Apple Menu
System Preferences
Keyboard
Shortcuts Tab
check ALL CONTROLS[/quote]
That’s what Norman was trying to tell you 
[quote=340823:@Norman Palardy]
OS X does not unless you turn on full keyboard access[/quote]
I can now TAB from text box to button, the button is highlighted, but hitting return does not activate the button. How do you make that happen.
Return only activates the button that’s marked as “Default”. ESC does a button marked as “Cancel”. Otherwise you’d just use the spacebar.
Hi Julian,
it’s 2020 now, but I got stuck in the same problem “tab forward” on Windows.
Thanks for your advice…
I found now on Win10 with Xojo 2019 R3.2 for Textfield it’s in >Behavior>Allow Tabs… unchecked this and I can now tab forward. Before I could only “tab backwards” with “Shift - Tab”…
Thank you. Thomas
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