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See also
_level property, getDepth (MovieClip.getDepth method), getInstanceAtDepth
(MovieClip.getInstanceAtDepth method), getNextHighestDepth
(MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth method)
tabChildren (MovieClip.tabChildren property)
public tabChildren : Boolean
Determines whether the children of a movie clip are included in the automatic tab ordering. If
the tabChildren property is undefined or true, the children of a movie clip are included in
automatic tab ordering. If the value of tabChildren is false, the children of a movie clip are
not included in automatic tab ordering. The default value is undefined.
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 tabChildren
property of the list box should be set to false.
The tabChildren property has no effect if the tabIndex property is used; 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 to include the children movie clip instances of
menu_mc in the automatic tab ordering:
menu_mc.tabChildren = true;
See also
tabIndex (Button.tabIndex property), tabEnabled (MovieClip.tabEnabled
property), tabIndex (MovieClip.tabIndex property), tabIndex
(TextField.tabIndex property)
470 ActionScript classes