IIRC, this has been an issue since the move to AS3. No way to find out if a key has been pressed before the SWF started up.
On 2/7/14 6:38 AM, "Carlos Rovira" <carlosrov...@apache.org> wrote: >It seems the solution is "EditManager.overwriteMode" in Text Layout >Framework. > >In AS2 there was a Key.isToggled but in AS3 all Key class with more useful >functionality but it's gone... > > > > > > > >2014-02-07 Carlos Rovira <carlosrov...@apache.org>: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to fix a case on MaskedTextInput when user is on a Windows >> machine and has INSERT key pressed. >> >> I'm searching for a way to get this OS state to make the component take >> this into account. Maybe there's something a SystemManager level or >>other >> Flex Manager Class that holds this concrete windows overtype mode to ask >> for. >> >> Googling only points me to KeyBoard.INSERT or solutions like this: >> >>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1025893/flex-keyboard-insert-mode-over >>type-or-insert >> (but the latest seems very weak since the user could have the key >>already >> pressed) >> >> In C# There's a "Control.isKeyLocked" that is exactly what I need and >> works with INSERT key >> >> Someone knows how to deal with this in AS3 or Flex? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> -- >> Carlos Rovira >> http://about.me/carlosrovira >> >> > > >-- >-- >Carlos Rovira >http://about.me/carlosrovira
