I've created an ActionScript Project, so no UIComponent controlling focus. I've got the root of my app, a sprite, it has a child sprite and a grandchild sprite.
I was under the impression (nee, utter certainty) that I could stick a "addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown)" in my grandchild sprite and it would get the event (passed down the display list). Well, it doesn't... So, I tried a few things, and even my top-level sprite (the one directly parented to the stage) doesn't get keyboard events. Only if I add my event listener to the *stage* do I get keyboard events. Am I wrong that keyboard events flow through the display list (like mouse events or ENTER_FRAME)? I guess it would depend on who had the focus, but how is that controlled in an AS project with all sprites? And wouldn't my top-level sprite get the focus when the app launches? The docs are all focused on Flex, so it's tough to get an answer to this in a world without the FocusManager! ;-) Troy.
