Flash :: TabEnabled & TabIndex?

Tabenabled And Tabindex?
Does anyone know how to get tabenabled and tabindex to work as I could get it work properly. I gave the text feild a instance name in the new properties window and then in an onload event thought I was setting the text fields to be tabenabled and with an index to give them a tabbing order but when I ran the movie all that happens is the cursor jumps from the flash movie to the address bar of the browser.

What am I doing wrong?

Any help with this would be appreciated as I am getting frustrated and the MX help files suck for this.

Pete

Loop Through Buttons To Set TabEnabled And TabIndex
Hi,

I have 240 buttons on stage with the names:

colour1_bn through to colour240_bn.

I want to set the tabEnabled property and tabIndex property of every one of these buttons. I can do it manually with the following code:

colour1_bn.tabEnabled = true;
colour1_bn.tabIndex = 1;

etc....

However, to eliminate having to write hundreds of lines, I want to do this with a loop.

Can anyone help me??

Thanks
Dean

TabEnabled In Actionscrript 2.0?
hope someone can help me on this
how do you use the tabEnabled function in actionscript 2. It seems to work in actionscript 1.0 but I need it working in 2.0

example:

_root.movclip.tabEnabled = false;

Thanks in advance

TabEnabled & MouseEnabled
Hello,

Having some problems when enabling and disabling sprite mouse and key
events.
I want the sprite on mouseup to assume the mouseover and not mouseout. But
it always calls mouseout event.

tried the folowing on Mouse.click but no results:

event.preventDefault();
event.stopPropagation();
event.stopImmediatePropagation ();

Any help?
PM

Global TabEnabled?
Hello....

Is there a way to globally disable the tab button functionality in flash movies?

I know I can use Code:

movieClip.tabEnabled = false; or Code:

movieClip.tabChildren = false; but this gets really tedious as I'd have to add this to every single MC with "on click" events.

[F8] TabEnabled Always Equal False
Hello,

IS there an easy way to make the tabEnabled be false for all MovieClips that have an onPress event? Without having to do it manually for each one?

THanks

Stu

Tabenabled Border Problems
hey, i got a question regarding how to change the border color of my own button i made, i used _global.style.setStyle("themeColor", "black"); and this worked to change all the other tabenabled borders to black but since its my own button i created when i set it to tabenabled to true , the border color shows up at bright neon yellow, yuck, i want to set my own button's border to black and i can't seem to figure our the right command to do this, any help would be greatly appriecated, thx

Dynamic Textfield TabEnabled?
Hi

I have some dynamic textfields that I'm creating and I''m trying to make them tabEnabled. Apparently the tabEnabled property is inherited. But when I test the movie in a browser dynamic textfields do not recieve focus when tabbing through.

This is essentially what the code looks like:

ActionScript Code:
title_txt = new TextField();
title_txt.name = "title_txt";
title_txt.type = TextFieldType.DYNAMIC;
title_txt.selectable = true;
title_txt.embedFonts = true;
title_txt.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
title_txt.defaultTextFormat = titleFormat;
title_txt.border = false;
title_txt.width = 390;
title_txt.height = 30;
title_txt.x = 8;
title_txt.y = 8;
title_txt.tabEnabled = true;
addChild(title_txt);

Does anyone have any insight on how to make the dynamic texfields tabEnabled?

Thanks!

TabEnabled Dosen't Work With LoadMovie?
Hey All,

I am calling a form swf into a parent file using loadMovie and it seems tabEnabled doesn't function.

Anyone know a work around?

cheers
-jub-

TabIndex?
I can’t make it stop going to the two ball and other buttons when I press tab?

The instance name for the name input box is one
The instance name for the e-mail input box is two
The instance name for the Your Message input box is three

The var name for the name input box is FirstName
The var name for the e-mail input box is Email
The var name for the Your Message input box is ToComments

This is the link to the site it is under contact and the button is located in the upper right hand corner

www.gatzkecues.com

This is the code I am trying. I my be placing it in the wrong place.

one.tabIndex = 1;
two.tabIndex = 2;
three.tabIndex = 3;

Any ideas?

Thanks
JOptionPane

TabIndex Help
code:
usernametx.tabIndex = 0;// text field
emailtx.tabIndex = 1;// text field
ps1tx.tabIndex = 2;// text field
ps2tx.tabIndex = 3;// text field
ent_but.tabIndex=4;// button
wwwtx.tabIndex = 5;// // text field

Is it possible to have mixed objects within the tab index?
I have tried but have been able to get it to work the way i want.
I have put together a little fla, hopfully someone can shed some light.

cheers
Paul

TabIndex Help
Hi guys.
i hope someone can help me with this before i waste 2 hrs figurering that it cant be done.

I have 2 buttons and 1 mc on my stage
in side my mc i have a 3 textfields and 2 buttons
all are given relevent instance names.

My question is: Is it possible to tab through the 2 buttons in the root then from there tab into the mc and through the fields that are in there?

i am getting nowhere fast.

i can set it to run through the mc without any problems but my client has requested that the tabbing should start from the 2 buttons on the root then into the mc then coming back out again to go full circle.
Can this be done??? after spending the past 30 mins tinkering about i cant seem to get it to work.
This code is on the root timeline
code:
//buttons on root
helpMe.tabIndex = 0;
rBut.tabIndex = 1;
//Buttons in mc
form1.tx1.tabIndex = 2;
form1.tx2.tabIndex = 3;
form1.tx3.tabIndex = 4;
form1.bBut.tabIndex = 5;
form1.nBut.tabIndex = 6;

Thanks for any help
Paul

TabIndex Help
Hi guys.
i hope someone can help me with this before i waste 2 hrs figurering that it cant be done.

I have 2 buttons and 1 mc on my stage
in side my mc i have a 3 textfields and 2 buttons
all are given relevent instance names.

My question is: Is it possible to tab through the 2 buttons in the root then from there tab into the mc and through the fields that are in there?

i am getting nowhere fast.

i can set it to run through the mc without any problems but my client has requested that the tabbing should start from the 2 buttons on the root then into the mc then coming back out again to go full circle.
Can this be done??? after spending the past 30 mins tinkering about i cant seem to get it to work.
This code is on the root timeline

ActionScript Code:
//buttons on root
helpMe.tabIndex = 0;
rBut.tabIndex = 1;
//Buttons in mc
form1.tx1.tabIndex = 2;
form1.tx2.tabIndex = 3;
form1.tx3.tabIndex = 4;
form1.bBut.tabIndex = 5;
form1.nBut.tabIndex = 6;

Thanks for any help
Paul

Tabindex
In ActionScript 3.0 I have a 3 textboxes one FristName one Last name and a submit button. I load a external SWF that was written in actionscript 2.0 that has a specific form that has old Animiation in it. I load that external swf into the actioinScript 3 file but the problem is when i click on the form field it will not focus on any form items the tabindex is stuck on the FirstName in the 3 textboxes in actionscript 3. How do i over come this so that if i select FirstName in the actionscript 3 file it will select or if I select a text box in the actionscript 2 file so that the index will focus properly

TabIndex Help
I have a form that Im trying to use tabIndex on text field flash components. when testing it locally using the following actionscript on frame 1: Also Im wondering if it has somthing to do with the fact that Im using a Flash COMPONENT and not just a regular text field?

ActionScript Code:
txt_field1.tabIndex = 1;
txt_field2.tabIndex = 2;
etc...

it works fine, but this movie is being loaded into another movie, so I try..

ActionScript Code:
this.txt_field1.tabIndex = 1;
etc..
Still doesnt work? Any ideas?

TabIndex
Hi all,

i have a couple o imput text fields in a form on the login frame and gave it tabindex with the accessibility window like this:

userName = 1
userPass = 2
submitbtn = 3

this works fine, however in a couple of frames latter i have some other imput texts on register new user frame and giving the tab order doesn't works here don't know why. Tried like this:

userName = 1
userPass = 2
userPass2 = 3
userEmail = 4
submitbtn = 5

and like this:

userName = 4
userPass = 5
userPass2 = 6
userEmail = 7
submitbtn = 8

in this frame the tabindex doesn't work.

TabIndex
I have some text fields and I'm trying to set the tab index of each like so:

_root.mytextfield.tabIndex(1);

but when I am tabbing through my form I get those stupid yellow boxes and it doesn't acknowledge the tab order I have specified.
What am I doing wrong

TabIndex Help
Hi guys.
i hope someone can help me with this before i waste 2 hrs figurering that it cant be done.
I have 2 buttons and 1 mc on my stage
in side my mc i have a 3 textfields and 2 buttons
all are given relevent instance names.
My question is: Is it possible to tab through the 2 buttons in the root then from there tab into the mc and through the fields that are in there?
i am getting nowhere fast.
i can set it to run through the mc without any problems but my client has requested that the tabbing should start from the 2 buttons on the root then into the mc then coming back out again to go full circle.
Can this be done??? after spending the past 30 mins tinkering about i cant seem to get it to work.
This code is on the root timeline

ActionScript Code:
//buttons on roothelpMe.tabIndex = 0;rBut.tabIndex = 1;//Buttons in mcform1.tx1.tabIndex = 2;form1.tx2.tabIndex = 3;form1.tx3.tabIndex = 4;form1.bBut.tabIndex = 5;form1.nBut.tabIndex = 6;

Thanks for any help
Paul

Tabindex
i have one blank movie clip (instance name : row)

now i am creating textInput and numericStepper component by .createObject() in this "row" movieclip.

and again make duplicate of movieclip "row", and creating textInput box and numericStepper in that moviceclip. and finally i am making 10 duplication each with textInput box.

so i want to set tabIndex such way that the cursor should pass from one by one textInput.

so plz help me

thanks in advance

[F8 - AS2] TabIndex
Ok this was a wierd surprise for me today. Been working with Flash 8 Pro for the past month now.

So I'm trying to set up this simple email form and trying to assign tabIndexes to the input fields. Well low and behold there is something called an Accessiblity Panel that overides any tabIndex that you would assign an input field.

Here's how I've always done it:
nameField.tabIndex = 1;
emailField.tabIndex = 2;
commentField.tabIndex = 3;

Well now with Flash 8 Pro you have to do this to input text fields placed on the stage:

You could use the Accessibility Panel to set the Tab index with "Make object accessible" checked and then assign a number in the "Tab index" field.

or

You uncheck "Make object accessible" - then code the input fields this way:
this.nameField.tabIndex = 1;
this.emailField.tabIndex = 2;
this.commentField.tabIndex = 3;

Now I'm sure there are some really cool things that have been added with this Accessiblity Panel but man it freaked me out when the debugger says "There is no property with the name 'tabIndex'."

What happens when the Input field is place at run time? You can't use the Accessiblity Panel for that. HHHMMM......

TabIndex Help
ActionScript Code:
usernametx.tabIndex = 0;// text field
emailtx.tabIndex = 1;// text field
ps1tx.tabIndex = 2;// text field
ps2tx.tabIndex = 3;// text field
ent_but.tabIndex=4;// button
wwwtx.tabIndex = 5;// // text field

Is it possible to have mixed objects within the tab index?
I have tried but have been able to get it to work the way i want.

cheers
Paul

TabIndex For Forms
Hello;

I have a form in a MC and i want to direct the tab order of the fields. Where do i put the code and how should this code be written. Currently the tabing includes the buttons I have for navigation. Is there a way around this?

My actionScript sucks. I can understand it, but I can't conceive it. any help is much appreciated.

TextField.tabIndex
Hey guys,

I am trying to set the tab order for a screen in my movie. I know you can you the "TextField.tabIndex", but I have no idea how. Any help? Thanks.

TabIndex Problem
I have a form and need to be able to TAB to the next input field. I've tried to set the tabIndex property for each field but it's still not working. I have the following script in the same frame as my input fields:

Selection.setFocus(firstname);
firstname.tabIndex = 1;
lastname.tabIndex =2;
company.tabIndex = 3;
title.tabIndex = 4;
address.tabIndex = 5;
city.tabIndex = 6;
state.tabIndex = 7;
zipcode.tabIndex = 8;
country.tabIndex = 9;
phone.tabIndex = 10;
fax.tabIndex = 11;
email.tabIndex = 12;

Am I missing something?
thanks for your help!

How To Specify The Tabindex Between Controls
in flashMX, how to specify the order of navigation between input controls using the TAB key, like the tabindex property in html ?

thank you
Sylvain

TabIndex Problem
Hey guys,

Quick, easy one hopefully

I can't get my tabIndex to work. I have a simple email form page and it has first and last name on the same line (two different input boxes) and address underneath. It tabs from the first name field down to the address field and then back up to the last name field. I put this info into an empty frame in my main movie:

First_Name.tabIndex = 1;
Last_Name.tabIndex = 2;
Address_Line_1.tabIndex = 3;
Address_Line_2.tabIndex = 4;
Email.tabIndex = 5;
Footage.tabIndex = 6;

and the terms to the left are definitely the instance names.. not the variable names. And the variable names are different than the instance names.

It still jumps from first name to address line 1.. What am i screwing up.. Im also using tabEnabled=false on some things i dont want it to jump to and thats working great.

Any help would be much appreciated.

TabIndex Problem
Hi - I know somewhat similar questions have been asked but was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. Here's my situation:

I have a MovieClip that contains a bunch of other movieclips. These "children" movieclips contain forms (textboxes). No matter what I do it seems that I cannot get the tab order to work properly. I went and created a new flash movie, wrote some code to make the tabIndex work properly and tred to move it into my new flash movie. It didn't work.

I heard that if you do tabIndex in Flash piece that you have to start at 1 and continue for each individual text box (never have multiple tabIndex = 1 in the Flash piece even if they are in seperate movie clips).

Can someone point me to a fix or resource? Thanks!

TabIndex On Buttons
Doe anyone have a working example of say, tabbing through 3 buttons.
I must be missing something here, but I can't seem to get it to work.

thanks, m

HELP TabIndex NOT WORKING
I am trying to get the tabIndex property to work and cannot seem to manage it! Below is the FLA.

http://www.winpath.com/tabindex.fla

I want it to tab through the text fields in the numbered order,

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12

but instead it tabs through like this,

1-2-3-4-7-5-8-6-9-10-11-12

I am setting the tabIndex property of each text box in the first frame but it is not working for some reason.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

TabIndex Usage?
Hi, ive got 5 inputfields in a flash-document.
Name Street
First Name Number
City

But using the TAB-Button isnt going like i want it to. Its crisscrossin...

I want it in this order:
Name
First Name
Street
Number
City

Now, ive checked the AS-Reference, and if found that u can use this:

Code:
Textfield.tabIndex

But what more? I'm not the best at understanding that reference...

Greetz

TabIndex Problems
I am having lots of trouble with the tabIndex property. I set the tabIndex for each input field in the order it needs to be for usability, but the Flash player seems to ignore it. The problems are particularly acute when dynamically loaded movie clips and / or scrollPane components are involved. Can anyone give me some tips, and / or point me to some articles or tutorials that will get me up to speed on this issue?

TextField.tabIndex
I have a form with about 10 fields I need people to fill out and be able to tab from one to the other in a specific order. I found this post:

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...eld .tabIndex

but it only seems to work when files are published as Flash MX files. I need a solution for this problem that will work in Flash 5.

Anyone have ideas?

Thanks

TabIndex Help Por Favor.
i'm trying to use tabIndex for a few input text boxes. seem to be having to probelms with this.

1. when they have a var name and an instance name, flash places text into the input text boxes showing their position in flash (i.e. _level0.right_mc.varname)

2. the tabIndex won't work in general. i was under the impression if you had tabIndex, tabbing would be restricted to only the items you specifiy . . but this doesn't seem to be working at all for me. part of this problem could be due to the fact i am loading multiple swfs onto my layout . . but couldn't i just put the tabIndex information somewhere which can constrict the tabbing to the fields i want? (all the fields are within one movie btw)

thanks for any help. much appreciated.

> j

TabIndex Problems
Okay, I feel like I am just missing something completely obvious, because I can't find anyone else that has had any problem with this, but the tabIndex property is doing absolutely nothing for me, and I can't figure out why.

I have a Flash MX movie. Publish settings have it exporting in Flash 6 format, so all Flash MX features should work. I am using "publish" and viewing in a browser (rather than "test movie" where some features have been reported not to work), and the browser is latest IE with the latest version of the Flash 6 plugin installed.

I have a sequence that spans 30 frames, which includes a 5-frame intro sequence that plays through and jumps to the five frame "main" segment (where it stops and waits for user input), then when they move on it jumps to the final 5-frame outro sequence and then to the next frameset/section. (There are 5 frame spaces in the timeline after each segment just for visual spacing for easier development.) All screen elements exist for the whole 30 frames.

The tab-able screen elements include 7 input fields (instance names "f1" to "f7", also with variable names assigned), and two buttons (instance names "next" and "back"). The only other elements on the screen are some static text elements and graphics. The default tab order goes f1-f2-f5-f3-f6-f4-f7-back-next, the order I want is f1 through f7 in order, then next, then back. So I put this code on the first frame of the intro sequence:

f1.tabIndex == 1;
f2.tabIndex == 2;
f3.tabIndex == 3;
f4.tabIndex == 4;
f5.tabIndex == 5;
f6.tabIndex == 6;
f7.tabIndex == 7;
next.tabIndex == 8;
back.tabIndex == 9;

This had no effect. So I thought maybe it was losing the tab order when it jumped to the middle frame set, so I copied the same code to the first frame of the middle frame set. No effect.

I then tried adding "_root." to the front of all the instance names, no effect. Tried changing all static text elements to "dynamic," giving them instance names (tt1 - tt3) and including them in the tab order. No effect. Tried copying the tabIndex code to the stop frame at the end of the middle frameset, the actual frame where the user input was happening. No effect.

Is there something glaringly obvious that I'm doing wrong here? Has my crack intake finally reached critical levels? I've been developing/programming in Flash since 97, and I feel like an idiot not being able to figure this out. I feel like this is one of those things where there is some little quirk that you have to make sure and do just a certain way or else Flash just ignores the whole thing...any ideas?

Thanks,
Tommy

TabIndex Question
I was using the tabIndex ActionScript for the first time last night and it works fine, but my question is when it reaches the last object in the index (in this case, a button) and you click on tab again, nothing happens. It doesn't loop back to #1. Should it? Can it?

Here's my script. Pretty basic.

name_txt.tabIndex = 1;
address_txt.tabIndex = 2;
city_txt.tabIndex = 3;
state_txt.tabIndex = 4;
zip_txt.tabIndex = 5;
phone_txt.tabIndex = 6;
fax_txt.tabIndex = 7;
email_txt.tabIndex = 8;
comments_txt.tabIndex = 9;
submit_btn.tabIndex = 10;

TabIndex +loadMovie
hey ,
i have a swf in which i load into the main Movie.
there is a form in this (loaded) swf . i am trying to get the tabIndex to work with no avail .
this is what i have for code/->

Code:
form_mc.instanceName.tabEnabled=true
instanceName.tabIndex=1
instanceName.tabIndex=2
instanceName.tabIndex=3
.
note . the form resides in a mc
thanks !!

TabIndex - Killin Me....
heres one....

I have been using FocusManager and tabIndex to handle tab order in every form I have ever made. ever.

Today - this simple function doesnt seem to love me anymore. I can t get it to work for the life of me. It is causing so much frustration that I have decided to end it all. Goodbye cruel world.

So, before I jump from the 75th floor of my supafly Manhattan studio, taking my PC, my MM certified Actionscript pimp certificate, and my DevNet subscription with me, I would like to see if any one would like to take a swipe at it. I will be over here on the ledge in the mean time, wishing you the best. 8]

//Heres the premise:
comment.tabIndex = 1;
okButton.tabIndex = 2;
//purdy simple no?

//if you have a textfiled or button nested in a MC
//its more like this...
thisMC.comment.tabIndex = 1;
thatMC.okButton.tabIndex = 2;

-now, to save me from the sidewalk, some 800 feet below have a look at this and please tell me I am crazy.

Example html -- Link -
.FLA - DAMN TABINDEX
Actual Project - -Link-

Tabindex, Buttons And AS2.0
Hi,

Have had this problem before and couldnt solve it but i'm facing it again. My flash movie uses as2.0 to use the combobox component, but i need to be able to tab between various buttons, my buttons are normal button movieclips. But the tab does not highlight them, i have included a tabIndex but that only seems to affect things like textfields and button components, not button movieclips.

Is there a way to fix this??

Thanks.

Steven.

Problems With TabIndex
im setting the tabindex of fields in my contact form and it works fine when i test it, but when i view it in the browser its being loaded with loadMovie() from the main swf, and the main swf nav buttons are being focused instead of the fields in the tab index order. why is this??? what can i do?

heres the link: click on contact us (wont work)
http://www.brandlite.com/ecoa

heres is the swf alone (works)
http://www.brandlite.com/ecoa/contact.swf

i appreciate the help

TabIndex From Hell
I`m honestly to scared to ask any more, but just one more time if u dont mind

where do i start to in creating a tabindex, for a simple input form, name, phone, email,etc.

I just so dont know where to begin, what is the first step.
cheers

SetSelection With TabIndex
Does anyone know how I might use the tabIndex to set the selection of an object.

Selection.setSelection(instanceName) obviously doesn't work because it requiers an instance name.

Thanks.
_t

TabIndex Across Levels?
Hi there,

I am experimenting using tabIndex, which at present works fine when the level is run by itself, but when calling it from the main movie it seems to use the tabindex from the main movie itself.

Is this something I have to specify on the mainmovie (level0) rather than a seperate level? If so, is it something that has to specified only once that level has loaded?

Any help in advance appreciated.

Trace TabIndex
Hi
Can anyone explain how i can do a trace on the tabIndex....
code: textfieldArray = ["name", "location", "age"];
for (i=0; i<textfieldArray.length; i++) {
this[textfieldArray[i]].tabIndex = i;
}
onEnterFrame = function () {
if (Key.isDown(Key.TAB)) {
trace(tabIndex);//??????????
}
};

"name", "location"and "age".........are movieclips that are referred to in the textfield array....i need to trace the tabIndex number for each press of the tab key if that makes any sense!

Any thoughts appreciated
Hum

Tabindex Within A Loaded MC
i have a main movie with a tabindex for the menu bar.
menu_bt.tabIndex = 01;
this works great in the main movie

i have a empty mc that loads an swf.
loadMovie("topic01.swf","mc_load");
within this swf are control buttons. i used the accesability window to set the tabindex for this. the tabindex for the play button is 21. i also tried doing
play_bt.tabIndex = 01;

i can not get the tab to work in the loaded swf .

i want the tab to go from the main movie's menu to the play button in the loaded swf.

can anyone please tell me how to do this. i am not very good at flash to please "dumb down" the explaination.

thanks,
dawn

TabIndex Issues
Using the Accessibility manager I set the tab order of some text fields in a movie clip... I truned on view tab order and I can see the numbers next to each text field, but when I run the movie nothing happens!

I alternatively tried this also but to no avail... Is there something I am missing?

_
Code:
root.mc.mc.form_mc.tabChildren=true;
_root.mc.mc.form_mc.focusEnabled=false;

_root.mc.mc.form_mc.FirstName.tabIndex=1;
_root.mc.mc.form_mc.Email.tabIndex=2;
_root.mc.mc.form_mc.Comments.tabIndex=3;

_root.mc.mc.form_mc.FirstName.text="focus";
focusManager.setFocus(_root.mc.mc.form_mc.FirstName);

Issues With TabIndex
hello everybody.

I have do different forms in my stage. Each form is a separate MovieClip, one is the "user log in" with 3 fields and the other is a "registration form".

I indexed the fields from the "registration form" 1-20 per say, but after the tabIndex #20, it goes to the "user log in" form and vice versa.

How can I loop the tabIndex of each form? lets say, when the tabIndex of the "log in" form reaches the last tab, it goes back to it's first tab and not to the first tab of the other form....

Please help.

Thanks in advance

Issue With TabIndex
I have do different forms in my stage. Each form is a separate MovieClip, one is the "user log in" with 3 fields and the other is a "registration form".

I indexed the fields from the "registration form" 1-20 per say, but after the tabIndex #20, it goes to the "user log in" form and vice versa.

How can I loop the tabIndex of each form? lets say, when the tabIndex of the "log in" form reaches the last tab, it goes back to it's first tab and not to the first tab of the other form....

Please help. I have flash 8 & CS3 using AS 2

Thanks in advance

TabEnabled & TabIndex?

does anyone know how to set up a tab Index for input textfields?? the actionscript dictionary only tells what it is, not how to script it. im sure its pretty simple, but im clueless.thanks folksken

does anyone know how to set up a tab Index for input textfields?? the actionscript dictionary only tells what it is, not how to script it. im sure its pretty simple, but im clueless.
thanks folks
ken