# TAB\_TRAVERSAL within a dialog box

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tab-traversal-within-a-dialog-box/148938>\
**Category:** wxRuby\
**Created:** [September 18, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tab-traversal-within-a-dialog-box/148938 "2008-09-18T14:43:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![carluva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@carluva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/carluva)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tab-traversal-within-a-dialog-box/148938/1 "2008-09-18T14:43:19Z")

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Hi,

Is there any known issue with using a Panel with TAB\_TRAVERSAL within a  
Dialog? I’m having an issue my app freezing up when I enable the  
TAB\_TRAVERSAL style on a panel within a dialog box, and before I go  
through the trouble of making a simpler demo that will show what’s  
happening, I wanted to make sure that there’s not a known issue here.  
If so, is there a workaround?

The problem doesn’t show up until I click on one of several radio  
buttons that are outside of the Panel with the TAB\_TRAVERSAL flag set.  
Then the app immediately freezes, without even calling the event handler  
for the radio button.

Doug

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**Author:** ![carluva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@carluva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/carluva)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tab-traversal-within-a-dialog-box/148938/2 "2008-09-18T15:01:49Z")

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Doug G. wrote:

> Is there any known issue with using a Panel with TAB\_TRAVERSAL within a  
> Dialog? I’m having an issue my app freezing up when I enable the  
> TAB\_TRAVERSAL style on a panel within a dialog box, and before I go  
> through the trouble of making a simpler demo that will show what’s  
> happening, I wanted to make sure that there’s not a known issue here.  
> If so, is there a workaround?

There’s no known issue, but if you’d care to send in a short, complete  
sample that demonstrates the problem, I’d be very happy to have a look.

I don’t know if this wxWidgets issue may be related:  
[http://lists.wxwidgets.org/pipermail/wx-users/2006-October/094471.html](http://lists.wxwidgets.org/pipermail/wx-users/2006-October/094471.html)

alex