Re: FLASH: set focus

[Matt Wobensmith]

Hi Gary -


You wrote:


>Could we approach the problem from the perspective of "blocking out" the

>users from being able to type anywhere except where we want them to?  


There are no native commands to do this, but I suppose a mechanism could be

created to insure that users are only presented with one option to input

text. 


Ditto with the ability to use the Tab key - currently, the only

functionality Flash uses for Tab is to change focus with text fields and

buttons. It's nearly impossible to control the order of this in any useable

or predictable manner. Additionally, we can't capture the Tab keypress

either.


>Seems like a very convoluted thing to have to do for something we take for

>granted in visual basic, but I haven't thought of any other ways. 


It is. Just so you know, the ability to set focus ranks near the top of the

list for feature requests. Believe me, the Flash team is hearing these

suggestions. 



Matt


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Matt Wobensmith

Macromedia Tech Support

Flash Team Lead


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