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ActionScript 2.0 Components Language Reference > FocusManager class > FocusManager.setFocus()

FocusManager.setFocus()

Flash Player 6 (6.0.79.0).

Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004.

focusManager.setFocus(object)

object A reference to the object to receive focus.

Nothing.

Method; sets focus to the specified object. If the object to which you want to set focus is not on the main timeline, use the following code:

_root.focusManager.setFocus(object);

The following code sets focus to myOKButton:

focusManager.setFocus(myOKButton);