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tab order

tab order noun: the sequence in which a user can navigate from one control to the next by pressing the Tab key.

Noun

tab order (plural tab orders)

  1. The sequence in which a user can navigate from one control to the next by pressing the Tab key.

Forms of tab order

pluraltab orders

Questions about tab order

What does tab order mean?
Tab order means the sequence in which a user can navigate from one control to the next by pressing the Tab key.
What part of speech is tab order?
Tab order is a noun.
What is the plural of tab order?
The plural of tab order is tab orders.

Words near tab order in the dictionary

  1. tab indexes
  2. tab indices
  3. tab leader
  4. tab leaders
  5. tab nabbing
  6. tab order
  7. tab orders
  8. tab out
  9. tab page
  10. tab pages
  11. tab stop

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