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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > TextField > _target (TextField._target property)

_target (TextField._target property)

The target path of the text field instance. The _self target specifies the current frame in the current window, _blank specifies a new window, _parent specifies the parent of the current frame, and _top specifies the top-level frame in the current window.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

Example

The following ActionScript creates a text field called my_txt and outputs the target path of the new field, in both slash and dot notation.

this.createTextField("my_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 100, 22);
trace(my_txt._target); // output: /my_txt
trace(eval(my_txt._target)); // output: _level0.my_txt

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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