# Tabs, empty fields, etc, etc

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabs-empty-fields-etc-etc/171441
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 5, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabs-empty-fields-etc-etc/171441 "2005-12-05T15:18:37Z")
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### Author: ![jonybigude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonybigude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jonybigude)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabs-empty-fields-etc-etc/171441/1 "2005-12-05T15:18:37Z")

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So, i’m makeing a form in flash… and i don’t want that users can make “send” without all the text fields are filled, with an error message appearing if the user didn’t fill all the fields and press “send”…

:red:

I also would like to know hou to control the tab order in the swf, because when i press tab button, the cursor shifts between the text fields and the redraw regions, and i only want it to shift between the text fields…

Does anybody know how to do this???