MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE - Parent (Button._Parent Property)

Button 367
Example
The following example demonstrates how you can execute statements when the user of a SWF
file moves focus from one button to another. Create two buttons,
btn1_btn and btn2_btn,
and enter the following ActionScript in Frame 1 of the Timeline:
Selection.setFocus(btn1_btn);
trace(Selection.getFocus());
btn2_btn.onSetFocus = function(oldFocus) {
trace(oldFocus._name + "lost focus");
};
Test the SWF file by pressing Control+Enter. Make sure you select Control > Disable
Keyboard Shortcuts if it is not already selected. Focus is set on
btn1_btn. When btn1_btn
loses focus and
btn2_btn gains focus, information is displayed in the Output panel.
_parent (Button._parent property)
public _parent : MovieClip
A reference to the movie clip or object that contains the current movie clip or object. The
current object is the one containing the ActionScript code that references
_parent.
Use
_parent to specify a relative path to movie clips or objects that are above the current
movie clip or object. You can use
_parent to move up multiple levels in the display list as in
the following:
this._parent._parent._alpha = 20;
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6
Example
In the following example, a button named
my_btn is placed inside a movie clip called my_mc.
The following code shows how to use the
_parent property to get a reference to the movie
clip
my_mc:
trace(my_mc.my_btn._parent);
The Output panel displays the following:
_level0.my_mc
See also
_parent (MovieClip._parent property), _target (MovieClip._target property),
_root property