Movieclip.tabchildren - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

MovieClip.tabChildren

Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
my_mc.tabChildren:Boolean
Description
Property;
undefined
clip are included in automatic tab ordering. If the value 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
the list box should be set to
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
of in the automatic tab ordering.
menu_mc
menu_mc.tabChildren = true;
See also
Button.tabIndex, MovieClip.tabEnabled, MovieClip.tabIndex,
by default. If
tabChildren
.
false
property has no effect if the
is or
undefined true
tabChildren
property is used; the
tabIndex
, the children of a movie
is , the children of
false
property of
tabChildren
tabChildren
TextField.tabIndex
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