KeyPress issues

[CarddassX]

I made a flash file in which menus are called up by pressing certain keys on the keyboard. I also have an input text field on the same screen, which I want users to type freely. I currently have several keys designated for a specific menus but now I can't type with those keys in the input text field, or else they run the action.

I'm fairly new to actionscripting and can't seem to find my answer on any tutorial site. If anyone could help me with any coding to make keypress commands turn off while a user is typing in the input text field that would be a great help. Thanks in advance!

-Cardy

 

[wangbar]

If you use...

Selection.setFocus(textFieldName)

..you can set the keyboard focus to your text field so you should be able to set up a conditional check which tests to see if the field is focused and, if so, blocks the actions you've set up on the other keys.
Slainte

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