public static DELETEKEY : Number

The key code value for the Delete key (46).

Example

The following example lets you draw lines with the mouse pointer using the Drawing API and listener objects. Press the Backspace or Delete key to remove the lines that you draw.

this.createEmptyMovieClip("canvas_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
var mouseListener:Object = new Object();
mouseListener.onMouseDown = function() {
    this.drawing = true;
    canvas_mc.moveTo(_xmouse, _ymouse);
    canvas_mc.lineStyle(3, 0x99CC00, 100);
};
mouseListener.onMouseUp = function() {
    this.drawing = false;
};
mouseListener.onMouseMove = function() {
    if (this.drawing) {
    canvas_mc.lineTo(_xmouse, _ymouse);
    }
    updateAfterEvent();
};
Mouse.addListener(mouseListener);
//
var keyListener:Object = new Object();
keyListener.onKeyDown = function() {
    if (Key.isDown(Key.DELETEKEY) || Key.isDown(Key.BACKSPACE)) {
    canvas_mc.clear();
    }
};
Key.addListener(keyListener);

When using this example, make sure that you select Control > Disable Keyboard Shortcuts in the test environment.