Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

> ## GET-TAB-ITEM( ) method

> Returns the handle of a widget at a specified tab position in a field group.

> Return type: WIDGET-HANDLE

> Applies to: FIELD-GROUP widget

> Syntax
>     GET-TAB-ITEM ( n )

> ``n``

> An integer expression that specifies a tab position within a field group.

> You can use the MOVE-AFTER-TAB-ITEM( ) and MOVE-BEFORE-TAB-ITEM( ) methods to change the tab position of fields at the field level, and the FIRST-TAB-ITEM and LAST-TAB-ITEM attributes to change the tab positions at the field group level.

> If the widget returned is a frame, the specified tab position includes the tab positions of all tab-order widgets contained by the frame. 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 and the chapter on frames in OpenEdge Development: Progress 4GL Handbook .

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