When you place controls in a window, PowerBuilder assigns them a default tab order, the default sequence in which focus moves from control to control when the user presses the Tab key.
Tab order in user objects When the user tabs to a custom user object in a window and then presses the Tab key, focus moves to the next control in the tab order for the user object. After the user tabs to all the controls in the tab order for the user object, focus moves to the next control in the window tab order.