tabIndex Problem - Will not focus or show cursor at all 1

[Happy2003]

I have been trying to set the initial focus and tab order on my Flash MX movie and it does not seem to work. Here is the code:

Selection.setFocus(text_one);
text_one.tabIndex = 0;
text_two.tabIndex = 1;
text_three.tabIndex = 2;


text_one, text_two, and text_three are my instance names for the text fields and everything is on the root but when I try to view it there is no cursor in the text field and even if I click in the fields it shows no cursor and will not allow me to input text. Is the syntax incorrect in some way?

 

[oldnewbie]

Check Selection.setFocus in the AS dictionary.

Selection.setFocus("_root.myVar"

The parameter is not the instance name of the textfield but the path of the variable associated to that textfield. Regards,

 

[Happy2003]

ok... I tried what you said and the focus is working but it still will not tab unless I click in the text field first. The cursor is blinking in the first field (oneT) upon entry and will allow me to enter text in that first field but when I hit TAB nothing happens. If I click in any of the text fields, then TAB starts working.

Here is my code:

Selection.setFocus("_root.oneT"
oneT.tabIndex = 1;
twoT.tabIndex = 2;
threeT.tabIndex = 3;

Any ideas?

 

[Happy2003]

Any ideas yet? Stumped here.

 

[oldnewbie]

Might be a keyboard focus problem.
Check this:

http://www.artifactinteractive.com.au/dev/focus.html

Regards,