How to Set Tab Order in Windows Forms in C#?

How do I Change the Tab Order in Winforms?

Select the control in the designer.
In the Properties window in Visual Studio , set the TabIndex property of the control to an appropriate number.

How do I Set Tab Order in Visual Basic?

Another alternative is to select the VIEW>Tab Order menu option . This method causes Tab Index boxes to hover over your controls. You can subsequently click on your controls, one at a time, in the order in which you want them to tab, to set the tab order.

What is the Use of TabIndex in Visual Basic?

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The following example uses the TabIndex property to display and set the tab order for individual controls. You can press Tab to reach the next control in the tab order and to display the TabIndex of that control. You can also click on a control to display its TabIndex.

How do I Reset Tab Order?

When in View Tab Order mode, you can click on the controls in the order that you want them to be hit. That will re-order them. You'll notice that the numbers start changing as you click.