first

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A reference to the first component in a containing object’s z-order.

Property of

Form, Container, Notebook, SubForm

Description

Use the first property to reference the first component in the containing object’s z-order. For more information on component z-order within containing objects, see before.

In forms, if the first component can receive focus, it gets focus initially when you open the form. Otherwise, the next component in the z-order is tried until one is found that can receive focus.

first is a read-only property.