User Guide

300 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

_focusrect

Availability

Flash Player 4.

Usage

_focusrect = Boolean;

Description

Property (global); specifies whether a yellow rectangle appears around the button or movie clip

that has keyboard focus. If

_focusrect is set to its default value of true, then a yellow rectangle

appears around the currently focused button or movie clip as the user presses the Tab key to

navigate through objects in a SWF file. Specify

false if you do not want to show the yellow

rectangle. This is a global property that can be overridden for specific instances.

Note: If you use a component, then FocusManager overrides Flash Player’s focus handling, including

use of this global property.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to hide the yellow rectangle around any instances in a

SWF file when they have focus in a browser window. Create some buttons or movie clips and add

the following ActionScript in frame 1 of the Timeline:

_focusrect = false;

Change the publish settings to Flash Player 6, and test the SWF file in a browser window by

selecting File > Publish Preview > HTML. Give the SWF focus by clicking it in the browser

window, and use the Tab key to focus each instance. Pressing Enter or the Space key when

_focusrect is disabled does not invoke the onRelease event handler as it does when

_focusrect is enabled or true.