What is a tab order in Microsoft Access?

Answer 1

When navigating through a form in an Access database, you can use the Tab key to move the cursor from one field to another. The cursor jumps to the next field based on the Tab Order you define. The initial Tab Order is created as you add fields to the form.

For example, you add the following text fields to a Form:

1. Name
2. Address 1
3. State
4. City
5. Address 2
6. Zip/Postal Code

You want the users to press Tab and jump from Address 1 > Address 2 > City > State > Zip Code. Simply edit the Tab Order of these fields by modifying Address 2 (making it Tab Order 3), City (Tab Order 4), and State (Tab Order 5).

Answer 2

When building forms in Microsoft Access; the tab order is the order in which your cursor jumps from field to field on the form when you press the tab key.