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ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition
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ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

by Colin Moock
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
192h 4m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Button.tabEnabled Property
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Note that in the Flash 5–style of attaching event handlers directly to objects (e.g., on (press)),
the
_parent reference is not necessary, because this refers to the containing movie clip. For
information on button event handler scope, see Chapter 10.
See Also
Button.onRelease(), MovieClip._parent; Chapter 10
Button._rotation Property
rotation, in degrees, of a button
Flash 6
read/write
theButton._rotation
Description
The floating-point _rotation property specifies the number of degrees theButton is rotated
about its registration point. Both author-time and runtime adjustments are reflected in
_rotation. See MovieClip._rotation for details on various positive and negative values for
rotation, including values that are out of range.
Example
The following code rotates a button when the button is clicked:
fun_btn.onRelease = function () {
this._rotation += 10;
}
See Also
Button.onRelease(), MovieClip._rotation
Button.tabEnabled Property
Boolean; includes or excludes the button from the current tab order
Flash 6
read/write
theButton.tabEnabled
Description
The Boolean tabEnabled property governs whether theButton is part of the tab order for the
text fields, movie clips, and buttons currently on screen. The tab order is the sequence in
which ...
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