---
title: "How to: Enable the TAB Key to Move Out of a ToolStrip Control"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "controls [Windows Forms], moving between"
  - "TAB key [Windows Forms], enabling"
  - "ToolStrip control [Windows Forms], moving from"
ms.assetid: 40f9e88b-09a3-428e-8da8-c00bb65079c6
---
# How to: Enable the TAB Key to Move Out of a ToolStrip Control
Use the following procedure to enable the user to press the TAB key to move out of a <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip> to the next control in the tab order.  
  
 The <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip> accepts the first press of the TAB key, and the arrow keys select items within the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip>. When the user presses the TAB key a second time, it takes the user to the next control in the tab order.  
  
### To enable the user to press the TAB key to move out of a ToolStrip to the next control  
  
- Set the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.TabStop%2A> property of the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip> to `true`.  
  
## See also

- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip>
- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.TabStop%2A>
- [ToolStrip Control Overview](toolstrip-control-overview-windows-forms.md)