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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > Key > TAB (Key.TAB property)

TAB (Key.TAB property)

The key code value for the Tab key (9).

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Example

The following example creates a text field, and displays the date in the text field when you press Tab.

this.createTextField("date_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 100, 22);
date_txt.autoSize = true;
var keyListener:Object = new Object();
keyListener.onKeyDown = function() {
    if (Key.isDown(Key.TAB)) {
    var today_date:Date = new Date();
    date_txt.text = today_date.toString();
    }
};
Key.addListener(keyListener);

When you use this example, be sure to select Control > Disable Keyboard Shortcuts in the test environment.

The MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method used in this example requires Flash Player 7 or later. If your SWF file includes a version 2 component, use the version 2 components' DepthManager class instead of the MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method.

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