tabIndex (MovieClip.tabIndex property)

public tabIndex : Number

Lets you customize the tab ordering of objects in a movie. The tabIndex property is undefined by default. You can set the tabIndex property on a button, movie clip, or text field instance.

If an object in a SWF file contains a tabIndex property, automatic tab ordering is disabled, and the tab ordering is calculated from the tabIndex properties of objects in the SWF file. The custom tab ordering includes only objects that have tabIndex properties.

The tabIndex property must be a positive integer. The objects are ordered according to their tabIndex properties, in ascending order. An object with a tabIndex value of 1 precedes an object with a tabIndex value of 2. The custom tab ordering disregards the hierarchical relationships of objects in a SWF file. All objects in the SWF file with tabIndex properties are placed in the tab order. Do not use the same tabIndex value for multiple objects.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

Example

The following ActionScript sets a custom tab order for three movie clip instances.

myMC1_mc.onRelease = function() {};
myMC2_mc.onRelease = function() {};
myMC3_mc.onRelease = function() {};
myMC1_mc.tabIndex = 2;
myMC2_mc.tabIndex = 1;
myMC3_mc.tabIndex = 3;

tabIndex (MovieClip.tabIndex property)

Example

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