# Keyboard navigation beyond the Tab key

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-navigation-beyond-the-tab-key/271742>\
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**Created:** [September 27, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-navigation-beyond-the-tab-key/271742 "2008-09-27T15:34:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-navigation-beyond-the-tab-key/271742/1 "2008-09-27T15:34:49Z")

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Is the Tab key the only keyboard event I can use to change focus on the stage? I’d also like to use the arrow keys.

What monitors the tabIndexes in the flash file? Can I assign tab indexes and then use the arrow keys to move the index number up and down to toggle around my display? Or am I stuck with the tab key?

I don’t want to navigate. I need to trigger the focusIn and focusOut events of the various clips on the stage as the user interacts with the keyboard.