User Guide

MovieClip.tabChildren 583

MovieClip.tabChildren

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

my_mc.tabChildren:Boolean

Description

Property; undefined by default. If tabChildren is undefined or true, the children of a movie

clip are included in automatic tab ordering. If the value of

tabChildren is false, the children of

a movie clip are not included in automatic tab ordering.

Example

A list box UI widget built as a movie clip contains several items. The user can click each item to

select it, so each item is a button. However, only the list box itself should be a tab stop. The items

inside the list box should be excluded from tab ordering. To do this, the

tabChildren property of

the list box should be set to

false.

The

tabChildren property has no effect if the tabIndex property is used; the tabChildren

property affects only automatic tab ordering.

The following example disables tabbing for all children movie clips inside a parent movie clip

called

menu_mc.

menu_mc.onRelease = function(){};

menu_mc.menu1_mc.onRelease = function(){};

menu_mc.menu2_mc.onRelease = function(){};

menu_mc.menu3_mc.onRelease = function(){};

menu_mc.menu4_mc.onRelease = function(){};

menu_mc.tabChildren = false;

Change the last line of code to the following, in order to include the children movie clip instances

menu_mc in the automatic tab ordering.

menu_mc.tabChildren = true;