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ACC2000: When You Use Alignment Toolbar, DAP Controls Lose Focus

Article ID: 200458

Article Last Modified on 7/14/2004

Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q200458

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

SYMPTOMS

When you use the alignment tools on the Alignment and Sizing toolbar, the control you are aligning may lose focus.

CAUSE

The control that you use to align this control will receive the focus. The focus may also change to another control when you rest the pointer on one of the alignment tools.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The Alignment and Sizing toolbar has the following alignment tools:

   Align Left
   Align Right
   Align Top
   Align Bottom

Steps to Reproduce Problem

Create a new unbound data access page named Page1.

Add the following controls to Page1, and set the properties of the controls as indicated. Accept the default for all other properties.

   Text Box
   --------
      Id: Text0
      Height: 0.25 in
      Left: 1.25 in
      Top: 0.25 in

   Text Box
   --------
      Id: Text1
      Height: 0.25 in
      Left: 4 in
      Top: 0.75 in

Select the text box, Text0.
On the Alignment and Sizing toolbar, click Align Top.
Click the text box, Text1.

Text1 should be top aligned with Text0, and Text0 should have the focus.
Click the label associated with the text box, Text0.
Hover the pointer over any of the alignment tools.

You may see that Text0, not the label, now has focus.

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