# tabIndex

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabindex/12888>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 5, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabindex/12888 "2003-02-05T20:30:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![jagreen78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jagreen78](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jagreen78)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabindex/12888/1 "2003-02-05T20:30:35Z")

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I have some text fields and I’m trying to set the tab index of each like so:

```
 _root.mytextfield.tabIndex(1);

```

but when I am tabbing through my form I get those stupid yellow boxes and it doesn’t acknowledge the tab order I have specified.  
What am I doing wrong