Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

> ## FIRST-TAB-ITEM attribute

> The first widget in the tab order of a field group.

> Data type: WIDGET-HANDLE

> Access: Readable/Writeable

> Applies to: FIELD-GROUP widget

> When you set this attribute, the assigned widget is moved to the first tab position, preceding the widget that was previously at this position. Other widgets in the field group maintain their same relative tab positions.

> To set the attribute, you must assign it the widget handle of a field-level widget or frame that can receive focus from a TAB event and that is also a child of the field group to which the attribute applies. If the FIRST-TAB-ITEM attribute is not set (that is, is the Unknown value (`?`)), the default first tab position goes to the widget identified by the FIRST-CHILD attribute of the field group.

> For more information on how frames owned by a field group participate in the tab order of that field group, see the FRAME widget reference entry in this manual and the chapter on frames in OpenEdge Development: Progress 4GL Handbook .

> Note: Any tab reordering that you do with this attribute can be reset by a subsequent ENABLE statement unless you define the frame that owns the field group with the KEEP-TAB-ORDER option. For more information, see the ENABLE statement and Frame phrase reference entries.

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