Hi friends,
I know i can have a spreadsheet like movement on an access form,
but if i would like to have a vertical column movement when pressing the tab keyboard key how would i have it? Is there an easy way or i would have to program it by code ?:)
rgds Penta

If you set the TAB Control on the form, you can scroll any which way that you want. Are you familer with the Tab Control property?

RU1

I think i have had a bad formulation of the question.I'll try again. I have a
form with a tabulated lay-out(fields side by side)and i'll suppose 30 records
(thirty lines).The default when i press the tab key is to walk the grid from
left to right and from top to bottom. I'm wandering if there is an easy way
to invert the way the tab key works.That is first top to bottom then left to
right. If i'm not wrong the Tab control property sets the sort order of
the fields on a form and i would not know how to have it working the way i've described above.Please correct me if i'm wrong.
rgds P

Well. The tab control sets the order that the cursor goes to when the[TAB] key is pressed so if you have a form like the one below:

1_____________ 6___________
2_____________ 7___________
3_____________ 8___________
4_____________ 9___________
5_____________ 10___________

To traverse this you would set your tab order as follows: to go top to bottom and then left to right. You set the tab order in the form as 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. If you wanted to go left to right: 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10. I am using the numbers in this example like field names.

Does this solve the problem?

RU1

Thanks RU1 for ur care,
But the problem is not solved because what i would like to do is moving vertically on a form where 1 and 6 are fields. The other numbers are
not fields but records: 2-7,3-8,4-9,5-10 are records of fields 1-2.
There is a known code that using the arrows u may walk up and down , back and forth,and i was wandering if using the tab i would just invert the tab default
using any other procedure. There are many problems involved and if this would be possible the form would have to have a button to revert the tab movement
from the default to the alternate procedure.
rgds P

Problem solved,
Changing from form view to datasheetview the arrow keys will work as expected
and that will satisfy my needs. Programming is the art of doing what is possible at the moment without loosing the perfect target to be achieved tomorrow.
P