# Tab order

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-order/20347>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 7, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-order/20347 "2003-05-07T19:24:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![shuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@shuga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shuga)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-order/20347/1 "2003-05-07T19:24:30Z")

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if i have an input box on the stage is there a way i can tell flash to put the cursor there when the page is loaded?

it doesn’t seem to go there automatically even though it’s the only text box on the stage

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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:** [May 7, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab-order/20347/2 "2003-05-07T19:31:37Z")

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[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22756](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22756)