MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT - Button Class

Button class 293
Button class
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Description
All button symbols in a SWF file are instances of the Button object. You can give a button an
instance name in the Property inspector, and use the methods and properties of the Button class
to manipulate buttons with ActionScript. Button instance names are displayed in the Movie
Explorer and in the Insert Target Path dialog box in the Actions panel.
The Button class inherits from the Object class.
Method summary for the Button class
Property summary for the Button class
Method Description
Button.getDepth() Returns the depth of a button instance.
Property Description
Button._alpha The transparency value of a button instance.
Button.enabled Indicates whether a button is active.
Button._focusrect Indicates whether a button with focus has a yellow rectangle around it.
Button._height The height of a button instance, in pixels.
Button._highquality The level of anti-aliasing applied to the current SWF file.
Button.menu Associates a ContextMenu object with the button object.
Button._name The instance name of a button instance.
Button._parent A reference to the movie clip or object that contains the current movie clip
or object.
Button._quality Indicates the rendering quality of the SWF file.
Button._rotation The degree of rotation of a button instance.
Button._soundbuftime Number of seconds for a sound to preload.
Button.tabEnabled Indicates whether a button is included in automatic tab ordering.
Button.tabIndex Indicates the tab order of an object.
Button._target The target path of a button instance.
Button.trackAsMenu Indicates whether other buttons can receive mouse release events.
Button._url The URL of the SWF file that created the button instance.
Button.useHandCursor Indicates whether the pointing hand is displayed when the mouse passes
over a button.