# Tab index nightmare

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index-nightmare/5218>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 4, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index-nightmare/5218 "2002-09-04T19:17:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![j0se](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/j0se/32/44_2.png) [@j0se](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/j0se)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index-nightmare/5218/1 "2002-09-04T19:17:08Z")

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i have a movieclip with 4 text boxes (not an array) and i’m trying to set the tab index for each with no success ☹

on the movie instance in the main stage i have the following code:

onClipEvent (load) {  
\_root.contact.name.tabIndex=1;  
\_root.contact.tel.tabIndex=2;  
\_root.contact.mail.tabIndex=3;  
\_root.contact.comment.tabIndex=4;  
Selection.setFocus("\_root.contact.name");   
}

name, tel, mail and comment are the names of the textboxes (they also have variables with different names)

i’m not getting a tab index and the cursor ain’t appearing on the first textbox either - instead, 2 of my textboxes have this writing in them: \_level0.contact.email  
?  
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any help would be a Godsend

thanks as always

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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 4, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index-nightmare/5218/2 "2002-09-04T19:40:04Z")

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Try this thread…

[http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5662&highlight=Tab](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5662&highlight=Tab)

It discuses tab indexes.

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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 5, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index-nightmare/5218/3 "2002-09-05T06:52:44Z")

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Interesting thread. Could you rate it, Lost?

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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 5, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index-nightmare/5218/4 "2002-09-05T06:57:16Z")

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I just rated that thread a 5 and it showed up.

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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 5, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index-nightmare/5218/5 "2002-09-05T13:36:53Z")

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thanks for the link lostinbeta!

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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 5, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-index-nightmare/5218/6 "2002-09-05T15:46:52Z")

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No problem, glad I could help:)