I have a forw which containes user controls. The controls within the user control are disabled until the user controls gotfocus event fires. Then the controls are enabled for input. When the user leaves the control the child controls are once again disabled. Here is the problem. When I hit the tab button I cannot hit the usercontrol to set the gotfocus event. This method may not be a good one but for reasons beyond my conrol I can't avoid this. Can anyone clue me in as to how I can fire the gotfocus event by using the tab key.