MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-EXTENDING FLASH Manual page 428

symbolInstance.tabIndex
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
symbolInstance.tabIndex
Description
Property; an integer that is equivalent to the Tab index field in the Accessibility panel. Creates
a tab order in which objects are accessed when the user presses the Tab key. This property is
not available for graphic symbols.
Example
The following example sets the property of the mySymbol object to 3 and displays
tabIndex
that value in the Output panel:
var mySymbol = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0];
mySymbol.tabIndex = 3;
fl.trace(mySymbol.tabIndex);
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