UIEventDispatcher.keyDown

Availability

Flash Player 6 (6.0.79.0).

Edition

Flash MX Professional 2004.

Usage

listenerObject = new Object();
listenerObject.keyDown = function(eventObject){
    // Insert your code here.
}
componentInstance.addEventListener("keyDown", listenerObject)

Description

Event; broadcast to all registered listeners when a key is pressed and the Flash application has focus.

When the event is triggered, it automatically passes an event object (eventObject) to the handler. Each event object has properties that contain information about the event. You can use these properties to write code that handles the event.