tab order

tæb ˈɔːdə

Definition

Definition of tab order - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

user interface

TECH.

sequence for navigating controls using the Tab key

TECH.

Press Tab to follow the tab order.

organization

Rare

arrangement of tabs in a filing system

Rare

The tab order helps organize the documents.

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Expressions with tab

pick up the tab

accept responsibility to pay a bill

After dinner, he decided to pick up the tab.

on the company tab

adj.

paid for by a business instead of a person

We had an on the company tab lunch yesterday.

on the tab

adv.

added to the bill to be paid later

Put the drinks on the tab, please.

on your tab

adv.

added to your bill to be paid later

Put the drinks on your tab and pay later.

pick up a tab

pay the bill for a group

After dinner, he offered to pick up a tab for everyone.

run a tab

accumulate charges to be paid later

We can run a tab and settle the bill at the end of the night.

Expressions with order

on order

adj.

requested but not yet delivered

The new books are on order and will arrive soon.

order in

request food delivery to a specific location

We decided to order in for dinner.

order off

request food or items from a menu

We decided to order off the special menu for dinner.

order about

tell someone what to do in a bossy way

She likes to order about her younger siblings.

out of order

adj.

not working as expected

The elevator was out of order, so we took the stairs..

in order to

conj.

shows why something is done, to reach a goal or result

She studied all night in order to pass the difficult exam.

put into order

arrange things so they are neat or follow a sequence

She put the books into order on the shelf.

get one's affairs in order

carefully arrange important personal matters before a major change or crisis

After his diagnosis, he hurried to get his affairs in order.

order around

tell someone what to do in a bossy way

She likes to order around her younger siblings.

order of the day

command or directive that is especially important under current circumstances

Silence was the order of the day as the ceremony began..

Examples of tab order in a sentence

The developer set the tab order for the form fields.
The software's tab order improves user navigation.
Adjust the tab order for better workflow.

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French:ordre de tabulation, ordre des onglets, ...
German:Tab-Reihenfolge, Registerreihenfolge, ...
Italian:ordine di tabulazione, ordine delle schede, ...
Spanish:orden de tabulación, orden de separadores, ...
Portuguese:ordem de tabulação, ordem dos separadores, ...
Chinese:Tab顺序, 标签顺序, ...
Japanese:タブ順序, タブの順序, ...
Arabic:ترتيب التاب, تَرْتِيبُ عَلاَمَاتِ التَّبْوِيبِ, ...
Hebrew:סֵדֶר נִיּוּוּט בְּאֶמְצָעוּת מַקָּשׁ Tab, סֵדֶר הַלְּשׁוֹנִיוֹת, ...
Russian:порядок табуляции, порядок вкладок, ...
Ukrainian:порядок табуляції, порядок вкладок, ...
Hindi:टैब क्रम, टैब व्यवस्था, ...
Bengali:ট্যাব অর্ডার, ...
Catalan:ordre de tabulació, ordre de les pestanyes, ...
Czech:pořadí tabulátoru, pořadí štítků, ...
Danish:tabrækkefølge, fanebladsrækkefølge, ...
Dutch:tabvolgorde, tabbladvolgorde, ...
Greek:σειρά καρτελών, διάταξη καρτελών, ...
Hungarian:tabsorrend, fülek sorrendje, ...
Khmer:លំដាប់ផ្ទាំងបញ្ជា, លំដាប់ផ្ទាំងស្លាក, ...
Korean:탭 순서, 탭 배열, ...
Persian:ترتیب تب, ترتیب زبانه‌ها, ...
Polish:kolejność tabulacji, kolejność zakładek, ...
Portuguese (BR):ordem de navegação, ordem das abas, ...
Romanian:ordine taburi, ordine a filelor, ...
Swedish:tabbordning, flikordning, ...
Thai:ลำดับการนำทาง, ลำดับแท็บ, ...
Turkish:sekme sırası, sekme düzeni, ...
Vietnamese:thứ tự tab, ...

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