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# TCustomTabControl.TabStop

Enables or disables navigation using the Tab key.

## Declaration

Source position: comctrls.pp line 513

`published property TCustomTabControl.TabStop : Boolean default True;`

## Description

TabStop is a Boolean property which indicates whether the Tab key can be used to navigate between adjacent controls in the tab order for the parent control. The default value for the property is True in TCustomTabControl.

When enabled, the Tab key changes the focus to the next control in the tab order. Shift+Tab changes the focus to the previous control in the tab order.

Include nboKeyboardTabSwitch in the Options property to enable use Ctrl+Tab and Shift+Ctrl+Tab to change the active tab on the control.

## See also

TCustomTabControl.Options |  | The set of Options enabled for the tabbed control.
TWinControl.TabOrder |  | Indicates the navigation order for the control when the user presses the Tab or Shift+Tab key.
TWinControl.TabStop |  | Allows the user to navigate to / from the control by pressing the Tab or Shift+Tab keys.