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# TGEEdit

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Implements the edit control used in TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.

## Declaration

Source position: groupededit.pp line 53

`type TGEEdit = class(TCustomMaskEdit)`
`public`
`function PerformTab(); override;` |  | Handles Tab key presses for the control.
`end;`

## Inheritance

`TGEEdit` |  | Implements the edit control used in TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.
`TCustomMaskEdit` |  | The base class for TMaskEdit.
`TCustomEdit` |  | The base class for controls presenting editable text.
`TWinControl` |  | Implements a windowed control which can contain other child controls.
`TControl` |  | The base class for visible controls.
`TLCLComponent` |  | The base class for LCL components which have an associated widget.
`TComponent`
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`TObject`

## Description

TGEEdit is a TCustomMaskedit descendant which implements the edit control used in TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit. TGEEdit provides an overridden method to handle Tab keys. The key can be forwarded to the control that owns the class instance, to the ancestor class, or simply discarded.

TGEEdit is the type used to implement the BaseEditor property in TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.

## See also

TGEEdit.PerformTab |  | Handles Tab key presses for the control.
TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.BaseEditor |  | Represents the control used as the editor for the value in the grouped edit control.
TWinControl.PerformTab |  | Changes the focus to the next (or preceding) control.