if you mousedown on the button the keydown event gets triggered. i dont know why this is the case (had this problem as well), but a workaround do the following
<mx:Application initialize="startUp()"> <mx:Script> function startUp() { Key.addListener(this); } function onKeyDown():Void { alert(Key.getCode()); } --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Shanmuga Raja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Any idea why the KeyDown event in the mx:Application Level is not trapped > properly. > Here is the code snippet. Please find a detailed explanation of the problem > in this chain of mails. > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml" > keyDown="keyEvt(event)"> > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > function keyEvt(event) { > alert('Key Event Trapped'); > if( Key.isDown(112) ) { > alert('F1 pressed'); > } > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > <mx:Canvas width="550" height="200" backgroundColor="#0099FF"> > <mx:TextInput id="tBox" x="177" y="44"/> > <mx:Button label="Hullo" id="but" x="227" y="86" /> > </mx:Canvas> > </mx:Application> > > Thanks & Warn Regards, > Raja > > On 9/26/05, Abdul Qabiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You can not trap all function keys if your flex application is running in > > browser. There are various JavaScript hacks, which can trap keyboard > > shortcuts reserved by various browsers. But it is not pretty straight > > forward. > > -abdul > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > > Behalf Of *Shanmuga Raja > > *Sent:* Monday, September 26, 2005 6:41 PM > > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > *Subject:* [flexcoders] KeyDown event in mx:Application tag > > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to use KeyDown event in mx:Application level to trap Function > > Keys (F1,F2,etc.). > > I have the following 2 problems: > > > > 1. The KeyDown event does not get triggered the first time page is loaded, > > but after I click on the button the key events are triggered. > > I have attached event.mxml which has this problem. The same code works > > properly if I use mouseDown instead. The mouse events are triggered and > > trapped properly. Please help me out if I had done something wrong in this! > > > > 2. I want to trap all the Function keys and override the default actions > > of the Browser. For example I want to Set focus to a textinput on click of > > F1 key. I am able to get handle to the function key event in the > > actionscript but the Windows Help page also loads in IE. > > Is there any way using Actionscripts to override this behaviour? > > > > Thanks & Warm Regards, > > Raja > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > > > - Visit your group "flexcoders<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders>" > > on the web. > > - To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<flexcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > - Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/