# TabIndex problem

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabindex-problem/152996
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 28, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabindex-problem/152996 "2005-06-28T17:00:59Z")
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### Author: ![kdharma38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc29f/32.png) [@kdharma38](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kdharma38)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabindex-problem/152996/1 "2005-06-28T17:00:59Z")

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Hi, I am having some real issue with tabIndex

Basically I have 2 swf files.  
[http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.swf](http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.swf)  
and  
[http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.swf](http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.swf)

[http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.swf loads [url=“http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.swf”]http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.swf](http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.swf)

The moment I have a combobox component on the screen or even on the library, tabIndex does not work anymore.  
Anyone knows what is happening?

The flas files are at [http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.fla and [url=“http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.fla”]http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.fla](http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.fla)

I have been trying to google on this for a few days but can’t find the solution.  
Help help.

Thank you,  
Dharma

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### Author: ![watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@watcher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/watcher)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabindex-problem/152996/2 "2006-04-07T18:54:22Z")

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> [@kdharma38](#):
>
> Hi, I am having some real issue with tabIndex
> 
> Basically I have 2 swf files.  
> [http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.swf](http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.swf)  
> and  
> [http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.swf](http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.swf)
> 
> [http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.swf loads [URL=“http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.swf”]http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.swf](http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.swf)
> 
> The moment I have a combobox component on the screen or even on the library, tabIndex does not work anymore.  
> Anyone knows what is happening?
> 
> The flas files are at [http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.fla and [URL=“http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.fla”]http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/test.fla](http://bb.1asphost.com/mteguh/simple.fla)
> 
> I have been trying to google on this for a few days but can’t find the solution.  
> Help help.
> 
> Thank you,  
> Dharma

This is such an old post, but i found it looking for the same solution, since i have the same problem. Anyone knows how to solve this issue? Also, i found [this](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=193203&highlight=tabIndex+combobox) post, where beanSoldier describes another minor issue which needs to be taken care of.

[Here is the FLA](http://www.flashprojects.sk/4others/tabIndex_notWorking.rar). Its very simple so You should have no problem getting into it. Test it, notice TABbing doesnt work properly, then remove the combobox component from the library, test again to see TABbing working properly.

Thanks for your time and caring 🙂