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actionscript-3
Adam
Adam

Reputation: 77

key Combination in actionscript 3

**How to write code in actionscript 3 using combinations of keys for example: If I press the key combination Ctrl + A, then `trace("You pressed the key combination Ctrl + A "); or Ctrl+B

trace("You pressed key combination of Ctrl+B");

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2121

Answers (1)

alxx
alxx

Reputation: 9897

//add global keyboard listener somewhere in init section
stage.addEventListenter(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown);

function onKeyDown(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
    if (event.keyCode == 65 && event.ctrlKey)
    {
        trace("You pressed Ctrl-A");
    }
}

Ctrl, alt and shift keys are special case, their status is sent with every keyboard event. If you need to detect something like A + Enter, you need to track pressed and released keys in an array (or vector.)

Upvotes: 3

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