PRB: Clicking a Tab Does Not Activate Page in a Tabbed Dialog
Article ID: 129907
Article Last Modified on 2/10/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q129907
SYMPTOMS
When you click a page in a tabbed dialog, the caption of the Tab becomes
bold. However, the page is not activated until the mouse button is
released.
CAUSE
The page is activated in a two-step process. It becomes active when the
mouse is released, which is when the MouseUp event occurs. This design
provides flexibility by allowing users to drag the mouse off without
selecting the tab.
WORKAROUND
If, as with tabbed dialogs in Microsoft Excel and Word for Windows, you
want to activate a page as soon as you click the tab, you can trap for the
MouseDown event on the page frame. Then locate the position of the mouse in
relation to the pageframe, and activate the correct page by setting the
ACTIVEPAGE property of the page frame to the desired page.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
Additional query words: VFoxWin 3.00
Keywords: KB129907