Button.onKeyDown

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

my_btn.onKeyDown = function() {
  // your statements here
}

Parameters

None.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Event handler; invoked when a button has keyboard focus and a key is pressed. The onKeyDown event handler is invoked with no parameters. You can use Key.getAscii() and Key.getCode() to determine which key was pressed.

You must define a function that executes when the event handler is invoked.

Example

In the following example, a function that sends a trace() action to the Output panel is defined for the onKeyDown handler.

my_btn.onKeyDown = function () {
  trace ("onKeyDown called");
};

See also

Button.onKeyUp