# Tab order

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-order/1666>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 12, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-order/1666 "2002-06-12T12:56:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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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:** [June 12, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-order/1666/1 "2002-06-12T12:56:28Z")

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is it possible to change flash’s tab order… i.e. i have like 8 input boxes… i want, when the user tabs, to go straight down that list. instead it occasionally goes to another item (as flash apparently tabs left to right top to bottom… and i have stuff to the left of it). is it possible, or a “don’t worry about it - it can’t be done” thing?

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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:** [June 12, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-order/1666/2 "2002-06-12T14:08:26Z")

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use tabenabled and tabindex.

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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:** [June 12, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-order/1666/3 "2002-06-12T17:24:14Z")

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Tab order in Flash sux big time, it takes into account every single button it can find, even those you had forgotten about yourself! I hate it!\rGood luck.