AS 3 Focus Manager and Tabbing Issues

Tabbing can be one of the biggest challenges in Flash.  Ok, tabbing is the biggest problem with Flash, at least for me.  One common mistake I notice programmers make when using the FocusManager is that the focus gets lost when testing the code.  The reason is because the FocusManager doesn't work correctly when testing your code inside the Flash IDE.

It is best to test the FocusManager functionality outside the Flash IDE and inside an html page. 

The FocusManager which implements IFocusManager will effect your testing inside all versions of the Flash for both ActionScript 2 and ActionScript 3.

If anyone ever finds a good solution for controlling the tabbing in Flash please post a comment below.

 

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