# setFocus is driving me crazy! please help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-is-driving-me-crazy-please-help/64996>\
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**Created:** [September 22, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-is-driving-me-crazy-please-help/64996 "2004-09-22T03:43:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Uli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ccd318/32.png) [@Uli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Uli)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-is-driving-me-crazy-please-help/64996/1 "2004-09-22T03:43:40Z")

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Hi,

How the \*\*\*\* do you set the focus on a dynamicly created input field inside a dynamicly created MC???  
I’m using mx2004pro btw…

ps: i can’t use the Selection.setFocus(“TF”) here cause i don’t have no 1st frame where to write that down…

Please help i’m stuck at this for days !!!

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**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:** [September 22, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-is-driving-me-crazy-please-help/64996/2 "2004-09-22T04:17:03Z")

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I wish I could help you, I know the feeling of being stuck (I was stuck on a problem for 2 years :huh:!!!)

peace

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**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:** [September 22, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-is-driving-me-crazy-please-help/64996/3 "2004-09-22T04:33:31Z")

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

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**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:** [September 22, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-is-driving-me-crazy-please-help/64996/4 "2004-09-22T04:42:19Z")

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nope, i tried that…  
in fact here’s what i did

```php

this.onEnterFrame = function() {
	if (this.myTF !== undefined) {
	_level0.someMC.sometrace = "OK";
	_level0.someMC.MCA1.MCB1.MCC1.myTF.Selection.setFocus();
		delete this.onEnterFrame;
	}
};

```

and my sometrace traces OK so the “if” works…  
any other idea??

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**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:** [September 22, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-is-driving-me-crazy-please-help/64996/5 "2004-09-22T04:57:55Z")

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i don’t get it, i don’t have any cursor blinking, if i try to select the text it gets selected with a black block not entierly… this is just too weird

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**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:** [September 22, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-is-driving-me-crazy-please-help/64996/6 "2004-09-22T04:57:57Z")

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I think myTF is a text field so check,  
if (this.myTF.text !=null){  
//put code here  
}

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**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:** [September 22, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-is-driving-me-crazy-please-help/64996/7 "2004-09-22T04:59:03Z")

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publish your file so I could get an Idea…

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**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:** [September 22, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-is-driving-me-crazy-please-help/64996/8 "2004-09-22T05:00:03Z")

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can’t be cause my tracing displays “ok” as i asked for… but thanks 🙂

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**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:** [September 22, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setfocus-is-driving-me-crazy-please-help/64996/9 "2004-09-22T05:00:42Z")

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can’t really publish it cause enormous… sorry…