Yes, new thread would be better. And also probably the wrong group, as there
is also flashcoders, flexcoders, etc.
Simple (not best?) answer is to add listeners to the full app, such as:
this.parent.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown)
this.parent.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onMouseDown)
And you must first click into the app. Your code would work, if you clicked
the text, as the parent Sprite only stretched to contain the TextField.
I normally do flex projects, so am only guessing in AS project, but this
change did work for me.
-Scott
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:59 AM, izak marais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I don't know if it might be better to start a new thread, but this question
> is related to porting my code from AS2 to AS3 as suggested in this thread.
> Can anyone please help? It is (I think) a simple problem.
>
> I can't get keyboard and mouse events to function properly. KeyBoard events
> (KEY_DOWN) don't seem to have any effect while mouse events only work
> occasionally. Below is a minimal example. When I run it and press keys and
> the mouse (while flash has focus), I occasionaly see
> "onMouseDown():called", although it is very random, the number of traces is
> much fewer than the amount of actual mouse presses and generelly require at
> least 2 seconds between presses to register (although sometimes it does not
> work even when I wait longer). Key presses do not result in any traced
> output.
>
> (I did check wheter the problem perhaps lies with "trace()" by doing
> someting in the event-functions, but this is not the case).
>
> Please help somebody!
> Thanks
> Izak
>
> "
> package {
> import flash.display.Sprite;
> import flash.text.TextField;
> import flash.events.KeyboardEvent
> import flash.events.MouseEvent
>
> public class HelloWorld extends Sprite {
>
> public function HelloWorld() {
> var display_txt:TextField = new TextField();
> var i:int;
> trace("HelloWorld():called")
> display_txt.text = "Hello World!";
>
> addChild(display_txt)
> addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown)
> addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onMouseDown)
>
> }
>
> public function onKeyDown(event:KeyboardEvent):void {
> trace("onKeyDown():called with "+event.charCode+",
> "+event.keyCode)
> }
>
> public function onMouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void {
> trace("onMouseDown():called")
> }
> }
> }
> "
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Niels Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Open Source Flash Mailing List <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:51:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [osflash] Am I overlooking any crucial tools?
>
> @Daren.. Thanks, but we use our own logging system that has different
> output options.
>
>
> On 8/12/08 1:42 PM, "izak marais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> @Niels: Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding.
> @Daren: With AS2 I had been using a similar custom class to write to the
> top-level of the movie; based on that I had completely the wrong idea of
> what trace() should do. I'll try using trace() and 'tail' to output to shell
> and file; it seems useful.
>
> Original Message ----
> From: Darren Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Open Source Flash Mailing List <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:51:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [osflash] Am I overlooking any crucial tools?
>
> >> When you right-click the debug player you'll see an option there
> >> called "Debugger".
> >
> > Yes, but clicking on that does nothing as far as I can tell. (Perhaps
> > it would link to the flex builder debugger if one had that...)
>
> Sorry for the confusion; I just meant as a way to identify that you are
> using the debug player. Like you Debugger doesn't actually do anything
> for me.
>
> BTW, I have a Logger class that has an option to write to the top-level
> of the movie, and hide/show with the D key. It is open source (as soon
> as I get around to doing a release); if you want a copy before then let
> me know.
>
> Darren
>
>
>
>
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