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_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
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
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:
_focusrect = false;
Change the publish settings to Flash Player 6, and test the SWF file in a browser window. 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
event handler as it does when
See also
MovieClip._focusrect
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is set to its default value of
_focusrect
false
_focusrect
is enabled or
_focusrect
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, then a yellow rectangle
true
if you do not want to show the yellow
is disabled does not invoke the
.
true
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