Use .text from previous text box in form to prefill text in second text box

We have 2 text boxes txtFirst and txtSecond in a form.

When we tab from textFirst to txtSecond we would like the text from the first text box to show as the text for the second text box.

The code txtSecond.text = txtFirst.text makes the text appear. The problem is, we would like to be able to edit the text in the second text box if need be.

What happens is the text shows up in txtSecond BUT, we do not get a chance to edit the text. The code that is in Private Sub txtSecond_AfterUpdate immediately begins to run.

What is needed is for the cursor to stop at the textbox, with the contents highlighted ready to be edited if need be.

No matter what we try, we cant get the text box to prefill with text from the previous tab & stop in the field with the text higlighted ready or editing.

I apologize if I haven't been able to state the problem clearly.

As always, thanks in advance for any help.

if you put your code in the txtFirst_AfterUpdate sub then you should get the desired result.