User Guide

290 ActionScript classes

The tabIndex property may be a non-negative 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. If two objects have the same tabIndex value, the one

that precedes the other in the tab ordering is

undefined.

The custom tab ordering defined by the

tabIndex property is flat. This means that no

attention is paid to the hierarchical relationships of objects in the SWF file. All objects in the

SWF file with

tabIndex properties are placed in the tab order, and the tab order is

determined by the order of the

tabIndex values. If two objects have the same tabIndex

value, the one that goes first is

undefined. You shouldnt use the same tabIndex value for

multiple objects.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0

Example

The following ActionScript is used to set the

tabEnabled property for one of four buttons to

false. However, all four buttons (one_btn, two_btn, three_btn, and four_btn) are placed

in a custom tab order using

tabIndex. Although tabIndex is set for three_btn, three_btn

is not included in a custom or automatic tab order because

tabEnabled is set to false for

that instance. To set the tab ordering for the four buttons, add the following ActionScript to

Frame 1 of the Timeline:

three_btn.tabEnabled = false;

two_btn.tabIndex = 1;

four_btn.tabIndex = 2;

three_btn.tabIndex = 3;

one_btn.tabIndex = 4;

Make sure that you disable keyboard shortcuts when you test the SWF file by selecting

Control > Disable Keyboard Shortcuts in the test environment.