ActionScript 2.0 :: Move Input Caret With Setfocus?
Aug 14, 2009
I've got a main input textfield. When I put focus on one of the other textfields and that textfield is empty I want the focus to return to the main input textfield.
But though the focus seems to change (without setselection all the inserted text of the main textfield is selected, meaning focus is put back to it), the input caret stays inside the empty textfield and it is keeping it's focus.
How can I get the focus AND the input caret back to the main textfield?
ActionScript Code:
stop();
var someListener:Object = new Object();
someListener.onSetFocus = function(oldFocus, newFocus) {
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