How to cancel Bubble on Keyboard Event?

[ablair]

I'm trying to trap the "TAB" key so that it only changes the focus of input text boxes in my movie. I have used the following code. The code works however, the event bubbles up and objects in the movie change focus as the "TAB" key is pressed.

I have tried returning both "true" and "false" in my listener and it makes no difference.

Any help would be appreciated.


Code:

//Tab Key handler
var keyListener:Object = new Object();
keyListener.onKeyDown = function() {
	if(Key.isDown(Key.TAB))
	{
		if(Key.isDown(Key.SHIFT))
		{
			_root.voucher.prev_text_box();

		}else
		{
			_root.voucher.next_text_box();
		}
	}
};
Key.addListener(keyListener);

[nunomira]

hi,

From what I understand, all you need is using the tabIndex property for the text fields you want to tab trough.

[kaliopi]

hi,

From what I understand, all you need is using the tabIndex property for the text fields you want to tab trough.

Correct! Just want to let you know that in javascript there is a function called stopPropogation which does this.. Flash has something similar... SOrry Im very very new to flash.

[ablair]

hi,

From what I understand, all you need is using the tabIndex property for the text fields you want to tab trough.

Thanks Guys,

nunomira, actually I'm using the Tab to move to a new frame as well as select text in an input text box.

What is currently happening when I press "TAB" is that it cycles through selecting text boxes and then selects other objects like buttons etc. I want to stop the default "TAB" action from selecting objects so that I can dictate what occurs.

The reply from 'kaliopi' is more what I'm looking for but I can't find it anywhere.

Regards,
Alan

[nunomira]

Ok,

In this case, instead of restincting the tab to those text fields, disable it from all the other objects using the tabEnabled property.