I want the same as normal dialogboxes in Win32. Simply move the focus from the first to the next/prev control by using the TAB. I''ve created my own window (CreateWindow()), with multiple child controls (checkboxes, buttons, ...). I want to move between these child controls by using the TAB. But this is not a standard!!! - I''ve created child windows with WS_TABSTOP style. - I''ve created parent window with WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT style. What am I missing? I can imagine using the GetNextDlgTabItem() function. But where and how? What message do I need to intercept? Or do I need some more style settings?