# TabIndex Lost After Preloader

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabindex-lost-after-preloader/225330>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 10, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabindex-lost-after-preloader/225330 "2007-05-10T19:07:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Strangemedia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Strangemedia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Strangemedia)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabindex-lost-after-preloader/225330/1 "2007-05-10T19:07:23Z")

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I have a preloader SWF and a mainmovie SWF. If I just render the mainmovie in the browser window with HTML I can access the tabIndex I issued to movieclips in the mainmovie.

My problem is that if I use a preloader with a moviecliploader after preload I lose all tabIndex ability. I think it has something to do with the depth of the target movieclips. using tabChildren doesn’t help.