ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference - Adobe Help and Support

Example
See the example for TextField.onKillFocus.
See also
onKillFocus (TextField.onKillFocus handler)
_parent (TextField._parent property)
public _parent : MovieClip
A reference to the movie clip or object that contains the current text field or object. The
current object is the one containing the ActionScript code that references _parent.
Use _parent to specify a relative path to movie clips or objects that are above the current text
field. You can use _parent to climb up multiple levels in the display list as in the following:
_parent._parent._alpha = 20;
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6
Example
The following ActionScript creates two text fields and outputs information about the
_parent of each object. The first text field, first_txt, is created on the main Timeline. The
second text field, second_txt, is created inside the movie clip called holder_mc.
this.createTextField("first_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 160,
22);
first_txt.border = true;
trace(first_txt._name+"'s _parent is: "+first_txt._parent);
this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
holder_mc.createTextField("second_txt", holder_mc.getNextHighestDepth(),
10, 40, 160, 22);
holder_mc.second_txt.border = true;
trace(holder_mc.second_txt._name+"'s _parent is:
"+holder_mc.second_txt._parent);
The following information is displayed in the Output panel:
first_txt's _parent is: _level0
second_txt's _parent is: _level0.holder_mc
The MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method used in this example requires Flash Player
7 or later. If your SWF file includes a version 2 component, use the version 2 components'
DepthManager class instead of the MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method.
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