User Guide

Button class 133
Button class
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Description
All button symbols in a SWF file are instances of the Button object. You can give a button an
instance name in the Property inspector, and use the methods and properties of the Button class
to manipulate buttons with ActionScript. Button instance names are displayed in the Movie
Explorer and in the Insert Target Path dialog box in the Actions panel.
The Button class inherits from the Object class.
Method summary for the Button class
Property summary for the Button class
Method Description
Button.getDepth()
Returns the depth of a button instance.
Property Description
Button._alpha
The transparency value of a button instance.
Button.enabled
A Boolean value that indicates whether a button is active.
Button._focusrect
A Boolean value that indicates whether a button with focus has a yellow
rectangle around it.
Button._height
The height of a button instance, in pixels.
Button._quality
The level of anti-aliasing applied to the current SWF file.
Button.menu
A reference to an associated ContextMenu object
Button._name
The instance name of a button instance.
Button._parent
A reference to the movie clip or object that contains the current movie
clip or object.
Button._quality
A string that indicates the rendering quality of the SWF file.
Button._rotation
The degree of rotation of a button instance.
Button._soundbuftime
Number of seconds for a sound to preload.
Button.tabEnabled
A Boolean value that indicates whether a button is included in automatic
tab ordering.
Button.tabIndex
A number that indicates the tab order of an object.
Button._target
Read-only; the target path of a button instance.
Button.trackAsMenu
A Boolean value that indicates whether other buttons can receive mouse
release events.
Button._url
Read-only; the URL of the SWF file that created the button instance.
CHAPTER 2
ActionScript Language Reference