# Tab index

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index/19047>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 23, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index/19047 "2003-04-23T19:33:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![fishtank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b3f665/32.png) [@fishtank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fishtank)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index/19047/1 "2003-04-23T19:33:29Z")

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i had the problem of when pressing tab, the selection did not go to the button i wanted.

i asked in here but no one knew it.

so here’s how:

instancenameoftextbox.tabIndex=1;  
instancenameofbutton.tabIndex=2;  
instancenameoftextbox2.tabIndex=3;  
instancenameoftextbox3.tabIndex=4;  
instancenameofbutton2.tabIndex=5;  
and so on…

hope this helps…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index/19047/2 "2003-04-23T19:43:57Z")

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hmm… didn’t know that! That’ll come in handy one day for sure!  
Thx! 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index/19047/3 "2003-04-23T20:04:30Z")

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I actually posted a similar thing a few weeks ago 🙂

thanks for sharing though 😉