DateTimeEditBox and TabIndex

Posted 13 years ago by Joerg Werner

Version: 11.1.0545

Hi,
we are using your DateTimeEditBox controls on a form together with textboxes.
All controls will have a TabIndex and IsTabStop is set True.

The resulting tab order is something stupid.
As seen in the example, tabbing around you can't reach the last two textboxes.

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication2.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="268" Width="247" xmlns:editors="http://schemas.actiprosoftware.com/winfx/xaml/editors">
    <Grid>
        <TextBox Height="24" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,12,0,0" Name="textBox1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="200" TabIndex="0" />
        <editors:DateTimeEditBox Height="24" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,55,0,0" Name="dateTimeEditBox1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="200" TabIndex="1" IsTabStop="True" />
        <editors:DateTimeEditBox Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,98,0,0" Name="dateTimeEditBox2" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="200" TabIndex="2" IsTabStop="True" />
        <TextBox Height="24" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,143,0,0" Name="textBox2" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="200" TabIndex="3" />
        <TextBox Height="24" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,189,0,0" Name="textBox3" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="200" MaxLines="4" TabIndex="4" SnapsToDevicePixels="True" />
    </Grid>
</Window>

Are we doing something wrong?

Thanks.

Comments (1)

Posted 13 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi Joerg,

If you remove the TabIndex and IsTabStop properties, then you can properly tab through the controls. You don't really need to define the tab order, as their placement in the Grid will determine the order.

You can also set KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Local" on the DateTimeEditBox controls to fix the issue.

The DateTimeEditBox itself isn't really meant to be a tab stop, the elements inside are though.

Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v24.1.2) was released 12 days ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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