# Texfield focus

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/texfield-focus/21054>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 16, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/texfield-focus/21054 "2003-05-16T12:31:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![oscar\_alexander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e5b9ba/32.png) [@oscar\_alexander](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/oscar_alexander)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/texfield-focus/21054/1 "2003-05-16T12:31:12Z")

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Is there a way to set focus on a textfield in Flash?

Like Javascript’s: [FONT=courier new]document.formname.textfield.focus();[/FONT]

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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:** [May 16, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/texfield-focus/21054/2 "2003-05-16T16:50:17Z")

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On a frame add these actions…

[AS]Selection.setFocus(textBoxInstanceName);[/AS]

This sets the focus on the textbox instance name you add between the parenthesis in the script.