[AccessD] Alt Tabbing between VBA Window and Access Window

David McAfee davidmcafee at gmail.com
Tue Jul 22 16:02:59 CDT 2008


Well I just found out that Alt + F11 works, but that will take some
getting used to.  :/

D

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Charlotte Foust
<cfoust at infostatsystems.com> wrote:
> I never found a way around this except to not leave those blasted
> property windows open when I switched to VBA.  If you get the property
> dialog and close it, the forms will load.
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:07 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] Alt Tabbing between VBA Window and Access Window
>
> When I am switching back and forth between the Access Window (editing
> forms) and the VBA Window (Editing code), I run into this annoyance.
> If I leave the properties window open for a given form (such as I
> clicked on a command button, cmdOK then chose the OnClick event), typed
> my code, then alt tab to switch back to the Form, I only get the
> property Window to pop up.
>
> If the property window is not opened, I can switch back and forth
> between forms and VBA all day long without a problem.
> If I click on Access from the task bar, while in VBA, the same thing
> happens, but I can click a second time and the forms appear.
> The trouble is, I like to use the keyboard for everything, I use the
> mouse very little.
>
> Is there a setting I can change in Access or something in the registry?
>
> I am running WinXP SP3 (Did it in SP2 too), I do have dual monitors, but
> I beilieve this happens at home as well, where I only have one monitor.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> David
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