use arrow key between controls in different TableLayoutPanels

I am using VS2010 to develop a windows form application.

in one form, there are 3 tablelayoutpanels and in each tablelayoutpanel there are 1 to 3 buttons.

then i find that the arrow key can only work in each tablelayoutpanel itself. if i want to use arrow key to move focus from button1 in panel1 to button 2 in panel2, it cannot work. but the tab key works well.

is this correct behavior? 

and can i do anything to make the arrow key work as i expected?

thanks a lot:)