Are you attempting to enter a caption on a label control? You mention code jumping, are you in VBA?
Some of your post sounds like you might have a form open that has a timer enabled.
Code Label Won't Indent in Access
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James
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When I try indenting a Label in Access by pressing the Tab key the code jumps back to the beginning of the line.
This occurs on 'ErrorHandler:'
If I remove the colon the label indents fine.
Any ideas?
James
Microsoft 365 and Office | Access | Development
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George Hepworth 21,805 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2025-07-08T19:26:50.2533333+00:00 I think I get it.... You specifically refer to labels in VBA, not "Access" in general, correct?
Karl's answer explains the behavior you see in a VBA procedure.
By the way, if you remove the colon, the keyword is no longer a label, so no, it's not going to work to do that.
If you did mean something else, perhaps a fuller description of the problem would help clarify what you need.
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Duane Hookom 26,280 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2025-07-08T12:29:37.9366667+00:00 -
Viorel 123.5K Reputation points2025-07-08T12:54:36.85+00:00 VBA Editor has the Auto Format feature, such as replacing
a+bwitha + bor arranging the labels. This appears to be a useful feature, which seems to be not easily deactivated through documented means. -
Karl Donaubauer 2,076 Reputation points MVP2025-07-08T14:33:13.4633333+00:00 Hi,
This is by design:
"Line labels ... must begin in the first column."
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/glossary/vbe-glossary#line-label
Servus
Karl