[flexcoders] F2B3 -- global keyboard event capture, problems with focus

[Tom Bray]

I'm trying to capture global keyboard events so I can implement keyboard shortcuts in my app.  Let's say it's an email app and as soon as it loads you want to press CTRL+M to show a "New Message" popup.  The docs on handling keyboard events make it sound like this is possible, but the sample code provided doesn't work unless you set focus by clicking on a button (or list item, or textInput, etc) in your app first.  Clicking a Canvas isn't enough.  Is there a good way to handle these events without making the user click on something first?  Can a Canvas have focus?  Can I programatically assign focus? 
What I'm finding is that even after following these steps...1. click on something to set focus2. use the keyboard shortcut to display a popup3. click a button in that popup to dismiss it...focus is now lost and I can't use CTRL+M to open a new popup unless I click on something else.  That defeats the purpose of keyboard shortcuts so I'm hoping there's a better way.
Thanks,Tom






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