Tabchildren (Movieclip.tabchildren Property) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference

tabChildren (MovieClip.tabChildren property)

public tabChildren : Boolean
Determines whether the children of a movie clip are included in the automatic tab ordering. If
the property is or , the children of a movie clip are included in
tabChildren undefined true
automatic tab ordering. If the value of is , the children of a movie clip are
tabChildren false
not included in automatic tab ordering. The default value is .
undefined
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6
Example
A list box user interface widget that is built as a movie clip contains several items. The user
can click each item to select it, so each item is implemented as 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, you set the property of the list box to .
tabChildren false
The property has no effect if the property is used; the
tabChildren tabIndex tabChildren
property affects only automatic tab ordering.
The following example disables tabbing for all child 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 to include the child movie clip instances of
in the automatic tab ordering:
menu_mc
menu_mc.tabChildren = true;
See also
,
tabIndex (Button.tabIndex property) tabEnabled (MovieClip.tabEnabled
, ,
property) tabIndex (MovieClip.tabIndex property) tabIndex
(TextField.tabIndex property)
MovieClip 929