Control.TabIndex Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets or sets a value that determines the order in which elements receive focus when the user navigates through controls by using the TAB key.

public:
 property int TabIndex { int get(); void set(int value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
public int TabIndex { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
member this.TabIndex : int with get, set

Public Property TabIndex As Integer

Property Value

Int32

A value that determines the order of logical navigation for a device. The default value is Int32.MaxValue.

Attributes

BindableAttribute

Examples

The following example sets the tab index of three buttons.

<Button Name="btn9" BorderThickness="5.0" 
        Click="ChangeBorderThickness" TabIndex="2">
  BorderThickness
</Button>

<Button Name="btn10" FontStretch ="Condensed" 
        Click="ChangeFontStretch" TabIndex="3">
  FontStretch
</Button>

<Button Name="btn11" Padding = "5" 
        Click="ChangePadding" TabIndex="1">
  Padding
</Button>

Remarks

A control with a lower tab index receives focus before a control with a higher index.

Dependency Property Information

Item	Value
Identifier field	TabIndexProperty
Metadata properties set to true	None