A-C > Button.onKeyDown

Button.onKeyDown

button, button.onKeyDown, onKeyDown

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

myButton.onKeyDown

Parameters

None.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

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

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

Example

The following example defines a function for the onKeyDown method that sends a trace to the Output window:

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

See also

Button.onKeyUp