Customize Tabbing Behavior in a GUIDE UI
The tab order is the order in which components acquire focus when a user presses the
Tab key on the keyboard. Focus is generally denoted by a border or a dotted border.You can set, independently, the tab order of components that have the same parent. The
figure window, each panel, and each button group has its own tab order. For example, you
can set the tab order of components that have the figure as a parent. You can also set the
tab order of components that have a panel or button group as a parent.If, in tabbing through the components at the figure level, a user tabs to a panel or button
group, then subsequent tabs sequence through the components of the panel or button
group before returning to the level from which the panel or button group was reached.NoteAxes cannot be tabbed. From GUIDE, you cannot include ActiveX components in
the tab order.When you create a UI, GUIDE sets the tab order at each level to be the order in which you
add components to that level in the Layout Editor. This may not be the best order for the
user.NoteTab order also affects the stacking order of components. If components overlap,
those that appear lower in the tabbing order, are drawn on top of those that appear
higher in the order.The following UI contains an axes component, a slider, a panel, static text, and a pop-up
menu. Of these, only the slider, the panel, and the pop-up menu at the figure level can be
tabbed. The panel contains three push buttons, which can all be tabbed.6 Lay Out a UI Using GUIDE