Best way to insert control into tab order?

c# .net winforms controls tab-ordering
CJ7 picture CJ7 · Mar 13, 2013 · Viewed 10k times · Source

If there is an existing tab order on a large set of controls on a form, what is the easiest way to insert a control in the middle of that tab order without having to re-number the tab order of all the controls after the one inserted?

Answer

Jens Kloster picture Jens Kloster · Mar 13, 2013

Visual Studio has a tool for that. It allows you to click the taborder you want - by selecting the control in the order you want:

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the blue boxes(with white numbers) are the current taborder, and white boxes are the new taborder.

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