# Tab focus

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-focus/308941>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 3, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-focus/308941 "2010-05-03T20:32:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![e\_v](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/e_v/32/7787_2.png) [@e\_v](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/e_v)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-focus/308941/1 "2010-05-03T20:32:22Z")

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I am building an application where I want to be able to tab through some custom buttons (sprites with mouse event handlers). This is working in the main UI, but when I load an external swf with a button in it, the button does not get included in the tab loop. I _ **can** _ give the button focus via the _ **arrow keys,** _ but not with tab. Any suggestions as to what’s going on?