# Tab?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab/6019>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 27, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab/6019 "2002-09-27T17:25:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![tsavo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@tsavo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tsavo)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab/6019/1 "2002-09-27T17:25:33Z")

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Hello! I need some help with something! I have just uploaded an early version of the homepage I’m working on, at:  
[http://tsavo.amok.dk](http://tsavo.amok.dk)  
If one of you could try and tjek it out, u will see that when “tab” is pressed on the keyboard, it starts jumping around my buttons and movieclips. I don’t want that! Can someone help me elimate that problem?! I really have no clue how to do that! have tried to look around but cant find a solution!  
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 27, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab/6019/2 "2002-09-27T17:35:56Z")

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hi,

YourInstance.tabEnabled = false;

Cheers

SHO

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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 27, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab/6019/3 "2002-09-27T17:42:29Z")

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where should I put it?

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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 27, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab/6019/4 "2002-09-27T18:35:12Z")

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Coul someone plz explain to me what eki means?! I’m a total newb in flash!!:-\

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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 27, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab/6019/5 "2002-09-27T22:08:30Z")

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In your beach.fla there’s an mc called menu. In the actions of this put

```php

onClipEvent (load) {
this.tabChildren = false;
}

```

eki meant you use the instance name then .tabEnabled = false.

Do that for any other mcs or buttons, or if they are nested inside an mc use that and use this.tabChildren = false for the ones nested.

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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 27, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab/6019/6 "2002-09-27T22:24:02Z")

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that did the trick! one thing I find funny though… In the final movie there is one MC that didn’t got “tapped”. How can that be, when all of the others did?!  
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 27, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab/6019/7 "2002-09-27T22:34:10Z")

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On that mc use the same code:

onClipEvent(load) {  
this.tabEnabled = false;  
}

People have been experimenting with prototypes lately. Try doing on for mcs and buttons that sets them all false.

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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 27, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab/6019/8 "2002-09-27T22:53:38Z")

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whenever U r makeing a flash movie is “tab” enabled by default?  
Havn’t done musch in flash yet, this is the first actual site I’m working on, but this was the first time I’ve experienced that I could tab around my buttons and MC. I’ve tested some of the other things I’ve made, and u can’t use tab there, how can that be?!

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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 30, 2002, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tab/6019/9 "2002-09-30T11:44:31Z")

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Hi Tsavo,

I’m sorry I didn’t reply earlier but I’ve been away for the week end.

I see you’ve solved ur problems with tabs anyway

Cheers

SHO