# The tab button
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-tab-button/34253
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 30, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-tab-button/34253 "2003-10-30T11:51:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Shrek](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shrek)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-tab-button/34253/1 "2003-10-30T11:51:00Z")
when i press tab, it cycles through my mcs. how can i make it go to the next text box down in a mc?
also, how do i make variables so that in another mc they will be picked up? (ie making them global)?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-tab-button/34253/2 "2003-10-30T17:05:59Z")
You can set the tab order of objects in a movie with the property
```auto
myInstance.tabIndex=value;//where value is a non negative integer
```
It can be applied on movie clips, buttons or textfields. The objects are ordered following their tabIndex property, in ascending order.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2003, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-tab-button/34253/3 "2003-10-31T09:17:13Z")
hmm, not working on input text fields… this is my code:
name.tabIndex = 1;
ad1.tabIndex = 2;
ad2.tabIndex = 3;
ad3.tabIndex = 4;
post.tabIndex = 5;
phone.tabIndex = 6;
fib\_quant.tabIndex = 7;
kar\_quant.tabIndex = 8;
can\_quant.tabIndex = 9;
jar\_quant.tabIndex = 10;
bag\_quant.tabIndex = 11;
all the instance names are labelled correctly…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2004, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-tab-button/34253/4 "2004-07-17T09:26:54Z")
> [@Shrek](#):
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> hmm, not working on input text fields… this i
>
> all the instance names are labelled correctly…
Hmm i have the same problem Shrek. Are your within an mc placed on \_root or are they just on \_root? I belive it is something to do with pathing…not sure but
Can someone help?