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Focus Manager over different MC's

I have a app that has MC's with different components on it. i want the tabing to work from one MC to the next what is the best approach.
So far i have a key listener set up so that when the tab is pressed on the last component on thefirst MC it will call a function in the next MC which then uses setfocus to the first component on that MC, doesnt quite work,

is this the approach that i should take

Spy6

Hi!

Use tabindex on the components. It's simpler and doesn't require much code and it's always reliable.

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00000898.html

jockmahon01

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yes i know of this, my problem is that the components are not all on the same MC, also the main form which has a few components on it has several child MC's that all have their own components on then, (iv using tab navigation, like in window Properties)

jockmahon01

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jockmahon01

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Got this working with the following as long as the child mc dont have tabing

            tabChildren = true;
            mc1.tabChildren = true;
            mc2.tabChildren = true;
            mc3.tabChildren = true;
            tabEnabled = false;

            mc1..element1.tabIndex = 1;
            mc2.element1.tabIndex = 2;
            mc3.element1.tabIndex = 3;

jockmahon01

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my comment below is the correct solution