Form opening part way down the page

[jhob]

I have a form and for some reason when it's opened the form skips down the page by about a centimetre. I have no idea why it's doing this and I certainly haven't done anything to intentionally make it do that.

Anyone got ideas as to why this is happening and how I might go about fixing it?

 

[RuralGuy]

Access will try and make sure the control with the focus is on screen. Where is the first control in your tab order located?

 

[jhob]

The first control in the tab order is right at the top, it's within a tabbed section if that makes any difference?

 

[RuralGuy]

I've found that if the Tab Control does not completely fit on the visible screen then Access does weird things to adjust it. Can you make the Tab Control shorter?

 

[jhob]

The tab control is long and does not fit entirely on the visible screen area, unfortunately there is no way to make it any shorter.

Are there any hacks to get around this?

 

[RuralGuy]

Is it too wide or too tall for the screen. Change your screen resolution to make sure that is the problem. Unfortunately, I know of no solutions other than what I've already stated. Maybe someone else will drop by with a suggestion.

 

[hullbee]

So glad I found this thread -- I've been trying to fix the same problem for 2 days and I think I figured out a solution:

Select the Tab Control
Go to Properties
Set Tab Stop to No

This seems to bypass the "focus" thing, and now my tabs are properly displayed just under the Form Header.

Hope this works for y'all too!

 

[jhob]

That worked a treat! Thanks ever so much hullbee!

I had already delivered the final version to my client with the form skipping down problem in it and have just now sent them the updated version with the fix in place, I sure they'll be pleased!

 

[RuralGuy]

Thanks for sharing hullbee. I will file that item away in my bag of tricks.

 

[hullbee]

You are both very welcome! And thanks RuralGuy for mentioning that this is a tab order issue -- that's what lead me to try the right thing.