>when i come back from the test the properties sheet is back at the root of
>the form rather than in the page of the pageframe on the control that i was
>working on's data tab. kinda allot of clicking thats wasted.

Well, it doesn't answer your question directly, but in VFP7, you can CTRL- or CTRL-SHIFT-click on an item in a container to select it. CTRL puts the current container into Edit mode: CTRL+SHIFT drills all the way down to the control under the cursor.