Tab Key 1

[wangbar]

I'm trying to trap a press of the TAB key for an interface and Flash won't read it. I can pick up every other key on the keyboard including function keys and capslock etc. but TAB won't read. I've tried using the keycode and Key.TAB to no avail. And, no, the keyboard is not broken - TAB works fine in other programs and I've tried the same script on other machines and it doesn't work on them either.

Here's the script I've been using...

onClipEvent (keyDown) {
keyPressed=Key.getCode();
trace(keyPressed);
}

It returns values for everything the key I want (which should read "9&quot.

 

[oldnewbie]

Hi!
2 thoughts on this!

One wild one!... Could this have anything to do with this?

http://www.macromedia.com/software/...bility/flash_techniques/tabbing/contents.html

Second... Have a look at this:

http://blake.prohosting.com/~tektips/wang.swf

This swf has really nothing to do with this, it just happened to be what I was working on when I read your post.
Hit the tab key on it!
Although this doesn't work when testing it within the application (maybe trying to trap the Tab key within never does!), it does work outside the application.
Simply used an invisible button with this code:

on (keyPress &quot;<Tab>&quot {
// trace (&quot;Tab Key pressed&quot; // Doesn't work within!
message = &quot;Tab Key pressed!&quot;;
}

Regards,

ldnewbie

 

[wangbar]

Nice one - I searched the Macromedia site and didn't find this page. Thanks, a star for your trouble.