# Listener Question

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listener-question/26658
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 25, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listener-question/26658 "2003-07-25T03:13:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Meridian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/meridian/32/243_2.png) [@Meridian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Meridian)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listener-question/26658/1 "2003-07-25T03:13:55Z")

</div>

Ok, I got myself a nifty listener that activates a mc when the focus is set on a textfield.

```auto

_root.mail.n.onSetFocus = function() {
    if (Key.addListener(_root.mail.n) == true) {
        _root.mail.fader.gotoAndPlay(2);
    }
};

```

Works great.

Question is how do I make it play the next part of the mc when the focus of the text field changes from itself to another text field?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listener-question/26658/2 "2003-07-25T03:15:57Z")

</div>

try onLostFocus

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listener-question/26658/3 "2003-07-25T03:18:29Z")

</div>

I didn’t know there was a lost focus command. DOH!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listener-question/26658/4 "2003-07-25T03:25:19Z")

</div>

Actually it’s

```auto

onKillFocus

```

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listener-question/26658/5 "2003-07-25T03:31:00Z")

</div>

haha that… sorry… i got mixed up, lostFoucs is used in vb =)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listener-question/26658/6 "2003-07-25T03:33:37Z")

</div>

It helped me look in the right direction that’s what’s important 🙂

Thanks

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listener-question/26658/7 "2003-07-25T12:56:02Z")

</div>

You can just look in the reference panel or the books in the left of the actions panel to get a list of properties and events for any object while working in Flash. Chances are you might find what you need there the next time something like this happens 😉
