Application.application.stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN,globalKeyDownListener);
Friday, April 6, 2007
How To.Global Keyboard Listener
If you've ever tried listening to the Application for a KeyboardEvent you'll know that the listener doesn't always fire. To fix this, add the event listener to the stage. You can get to the stage by accessing the stage property of any DisplayObject. Example:
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Okay I'm at a loss, the I have tried this method but the moment the user clicks anything inside the application, the application looses focus and the event listener quits, how do you get one that is truly "Global"?
I'm not sure why it's not working for you, but from personal experience and anecdotal evidence I believe it does work in general. You should post your question with code to flexcoders to troubleshoot the specific issue you've found. I'll update the post if we find anything.
I've been on this for ages. I can't find a way to keep the focus. Lets say I used this and then I clicked a ComboBox, pressed down and... wala. It scrolls instead of going to the keyboard...
i tried it too, it doesn't work
Yeah, this needs to be revisited. Your code now gives TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
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