# Focus Color/Focus MC

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/focus-color-focus-mc/153835>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 5, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/focus-color-focus-mc/153835 "2005-07-05T06:44:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![kieserr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@kieserr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kieserr)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/focus-color-focus-mc/153835/1 "2005-07-05T06:44:36Z")

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I looked for answers on Help and on forums, but i still couldnt make it work. Ok. First. i tried and change focusrect color and it is not working. This is the script i used:

\_focusRect = true;  
globalStyleFormat.focusRectInner = 0xFF0000;  
globalStyleFormat.focusRectOuter = 0xFF0000;  
globalStyleFormat.applyChanges();

Im using Flash MX Professional 2004 and I publish it on Flash 6 with Actionscript Ver1. Im guessing its somehow related to this scripting and flash versions. Second, Im having a hard time trying to focus on a button inside an MC. I put this script on a maintimeline frame:

\_root.mc1.text1.selection.setFocus();

This are the links to the FLA and SWF:

[http://www.freewebs.com/kieserr/add.fla](http://www.freewebs.com/kieserr/add.fla)

[http://www.freewebs.com/kieserr/add.swf](http://www.freewebs.com/kieserr/add.swf)

Please help. Thanks