Flash :: Is There A Way Around The Ctrl+# Problem? (IE)

Unable To Listen For Ctrl+a, Ctrl+z, Ctrl+x, Ctrl+c, Ctrl+v In Flash
Any one have any ideas why? (Please note that I have disabled keyboard shortcuts in the flash compiler.) I imagine it's because of the built in application shortcuts in windows but I don't see any documentation on this. I can trace ctrl and I can trace 'a' separately but I cannot get a successful trace otherwise. When Embed into HTML, the problem is fixed but this is obviously very cumbersome to debug.

I am listening for the keyCodes directly on the event object.

Enable Browser Shortcuts (Ctrl-W, Ctrl-N, Ctrl-L, Ctrl-T)
The flashplayer catches all keys pressed by the user. I'd like to know if there's a way or workaround to pass them to the browser. For instance, Ctrl-T (open new tab in firefox). I'd like to re-enable this shortcut. Maybe with javascript?

Thanks in advance,

Bultot

Browser (Firefox) Keyboard Shortcuts Focus (ctrl+w, Ctrl+n)
I have a Flash movie which fills the whole browser window. This means that always the key events are catched ("stolen") by the Flash movie only, when using Firefox. IE7 seems to be working as I want.

I want for example ctrl+w (close window), ctrl+n (new window), ctrl+t (new tab) to work in Firefox while the focus is on my Flash movie. How to accomplish this?

Browser (Firefox) Focus For Ctrl+w, Ctrl+n...
I have a Flash movie which fills the whole browser window. This means that always the key events are catched ("stolen") by the Flash movie only, when using Firefox. IE7 seems to be working as I want.

I want for example ctrl+w (close window), ctrl+n (new window), ctrl+t (new tab) to work in Firefox while the focus is on my Flash movie. How to accomplish this?

How To Capture Ctrl-A, Ctrl-Z
Hi I'm trying to build a flash application, and having trouble capturing key combinations such as Ctrl+A or Ctrl+Z.
I'm doing stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, keyDownHandler)
and keyDownHandler checks event.ctrlKey and event.keyCode.
Ctrl+Y works, but most of other Ctrl + Key combinations don't work, I think because those key strokes are
captured in Flash Player / Browser before captured by AS3.

Does anyone know good solutions?

Ctrl + C?
Hello,

can flash replicate ctrl + C or right mouse + copy????? from a button using actionscript?

thanks in advance

steve

Ctrl + C
Does anyone know how I can capture 2 key presses? I'm trying to create a shortcut, so I fire off a function when the user presses "Ctrl + c". It currently seems that if 1 key is pressed that the second is either blocked or ignored.

Anyone know a way of getting round this?

Cheers All

Mat

Can We Use ALT+key And CTRL+key?
Hi guys!
I was just trying to assign ALT+some key and CTRL+some key to a button on(release) event..but realised that flash doesn't recognise ALT and CTRL key press combinations for buttons events ??
Is there any way to do that ?
thankx
Mav

HELP PLEASE Disable Ctrl-Alt-Del
I am trying to disable ctrl-alt-del keys. I am finding that using onclipevent(keydown) and key.getcode will work with the individual key presses but I am unable to find commands that work with combination key presses..so that the ctrl-alt-del keys can't be used.

Can anybody help me please!

How To Disable ALT-F4 + TAB + ESC + ALT-CTRL-DEL ?
Hi All !!!

How might i disable these commands from the web through flash ????

Capture Ctrl-c
Is it possible to capture the keystroke "control-c" ? I know how to code capture keystrokes however this one doesn't seem to work. Here's my code:

keyListener = new Object();
keyListener.onKeyDown = function() {
if(Key.isDown(Key.getAscii() ==(0)) && Key.isDown(Key.getAscii()==(99))){
trace ("cut captured");
}
}
Key.addListener(keyListener);

or alternatively:

keyListener = new Object();
keyListener.onKeyDown = function() {
if(Key.isDown(Key.CONTROL) && Key.isDown(Key.getAscii() ==(99))){
trace ("cut captured");
}
}
Key.addListener(keyListener);

Any clues?

thanks

Ctrl+c = Button
Hi there!
The question is:
When we press Ctrl+c in our computers it copies anything that's selected.
I now want to create a button that executes the command "Ctrl+c".
Is there anyway?

Key Press Ctrl + B In Ie
Can get keypress ctrl + b working fine in flash but when I play this in IE it ignores flash and tries to add a bookmark (Ie default for this keystroke).

I must be dim and missing something?

Any quick ideas?

Want To Disable That Ctrl+W Or Alt+F4
Hi Forum!!

I need some help from all experts out there. I am making a presentation in Flash MX where I want.....If any user presses Ctrl+W or Alt+F4 will not be able to close the window. There will be a separate button for closing that window (fscommand("quit")).

I just want to disable that Ctrl+W or Alt+F4 functionality. I have already done that for that Esc button. Is it possible? Can I get your help?

Thanks.

Kallol

How Do I Capture Ctrl + Another Key?
I want to be able to capture Ctrl + another key.
How do I do this?

I've got the following code from help:

var keyListener:Object = new Object();
keyListener.onKeyDown = function()
{
trace("DOWN -> Code: "+Key.getCode()+" ACSII: "+Key.getAscii()+" Key: "+chr(Key.getAscii()));
};
Key.addListener(keyListener);

But I can't seem to be able to capture key combinations like Ctrl + another key.

For what I need to do, I really need to capture several key combinations.
At the very least, I want to be able to capture Ctrl + another key.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

OM

Lists And The Ctrl Kay
Is there a way to make the rows of this list to be selected without the necessity of holding the Ctrl key down? Or I should use check boxes insted of the list componente?

var myCounties: LoadVars = new LoadVars();
myCounties.onLoad = function() {
//this populates my list with the names of the counties
for (i=1; i<=myCounties.total; i++) {
counties = eval("myCounties.c" + i);
countiesList_lb.addItem(counties);
}
};
myCounties.load("counties.txt");
var countiesList_lbListener:Object = new Object();
countiesList_lbListener.change = function(){
index_txt.text = countiesList_lb.getSelectedIndex(); //this aids me to see the out put
label_txt.text = countiesList_lb.getSelectedItem().label;
selectedCounties = new Array(); //the multiple selections arre stored in this array
selectedCounties = countiesList_lb.getSelectedIndices();
selected_ta.text = selectedCounties;
}
countiesList_lb.addEventListener("change", countiesList_lbListener);

CTRL + Up Or Down Not Working
Does anyone know where the setting is to be able to CTRL + up/down items to mke them move a pixel at a time?

I can only use the shift key and its in larger increments.

The left and right work fine....

Capturing CTRL+S?
I am trying to capture ctrl+s for saving in my swf.... but i cant seem to capture any other kepresses when CTRL is being pressed, therefore i cant detect ctrl+s.... I can detect s+ctrl but not vice versa.... any ideas?

Releasing CTRL KEY
Is there a way to release the ctrl key so flash doesn't cripple peoples use of shortcuts?

CTRL + F In Flash...
I want to make a custom class for searching the text on a stage - like you do when you hit Control + F in firefox or IE.

I found this code for finding out all of the paths to all of the Text Fields on the stage - dymanic and static.

Now I need a way to select a portion of text. Is there anything out there that would select a snippit of a text field?

Here is what I have so far:

ActionScript Code:
MovieClip.prototype.listOfTextFields = function ()
{
var i, paths = [];
for (i in this)
{
if (this[i] instanceof TextField)
{
paths.push (this[i]);
if (recursive)
{
paths = paths.concat (this[i].listOfMovieClips (true));
}
}
}
for (var i = 0; i < paths.length; ++i)
{
for (var j = i + 1; j < paths.length; ++j)
{
while (paths[i] == paths[j])
{
paths.splice (j, 1);
}
}
}
return paths;
};

trace ( "this.listOfTextFields: " + this.listOfTextFields() );

That effectily returns all of the paths to every text field on my stage. Now I just need a way to highlight a portion of a text field.

Flash, IE And Ctrl+N
I would like to know how to pass Ctrl+N (new window in IE)
to Flash and at the same time kill the new window.

The idea is to simulate software behaviour in a Flashmovie embedded in IE, and have Flash handle all the keystrokes.

Oeyvind

Ctrl Key To Duplicate Gone?
on MX I used to use the ctrl key to duplicate stuff on the stage. It seems to be gone in 2004. Is there a way to restore it? I looked in preferences but i don't see anything there!

SWF File : CTRL+RIGHT
I did a flash RPG game,and I do not want people forward with "ctrl+right"(the "right" is on keyboard) How can I do

Edited: 04/10/2007 at 05:22:53 AM by profess1onaL

Ctrl-clicking
I need help making the actionscript to make it When somebody Ctrl-Clicks, they are taken to my 3rd frame.
Because in my game. People can cheat and make the targets stop when they Ctrl-click. And my 3rd frame is the Game Over frame
P.S. Ctrl-clicking is for the mac. It is almost the same as right-clicking.
I tried using
if (Key.isDown(2)){
gotoAndStop(3) ;
}

But it didn't do anything

Edited: 04/25/2007 at 10:42:23 AM by DarthTurtle

CTRL+P Problem
so, i have this code:

Code:
var keyObj:Object = new Object();
keyObj.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == 80) {
/////////////////
var pj = new PrintJob();
var success = pj.start();
if(success)
{ pj.addPage (0, {xMin : 0, xMax: 1, yMin: 0, yMax: 1});
pj.send(); }
delete pj;
//////////////////
}
//trace(Key.getCode());
}
Key.addListener(keyObj);
which essentialy prints a blank page for a user.
my trouble is that, if I press "P" -defined by ascii=80, all is good, but if i press CTRL+P (as most will do by default), the routine doesn't work anymore.
Been trying to replace 80 with 16, as i found in some ascii charts but to no avail..
any suggestions?

Disable Ctrl+R.
I know that the command "Stage.showMenu = false" can be used to disable the menus in flash. However the play, rewind, step forward, step backwards controls are still available by key shortcuts. Is there anyway to fully disable these, especially Ctrl-R (rewind).

CTRL + Enter
I've got a password loggin and if you press CTRL + Enter then it automatically goes to the next frame !
Is their any way to disable the CTRL + Enter keys from working?????

Thanks
Appels

Disabling Ctrl+ V
Hello!
I would like to disable the paste function in a input texfield. I googled it and saw that it was possible to modify the menue that appears when you rightclick in a texfield, but I can´t figure out how to make this work.
I have an input textfield in my root named "password2".

I found this resorses
http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=102024

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/...=00002217.html

I would be very thanksful for any help given.

Regards Arian

Capturing Ctrl-Z
Does anyone know how to capture key-presses that use Ctrl such as Ctrl-Z?

I am trying to add an undo function to my project and the following code (using Shift instead of Ctrl) works:

keyListener = new Object();
keyListener.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.isDown(Key.SHIFT) && Key.isDown(90)) {
undoer.undo();
}
};
Key.addListener(keyListener);

But if I change that to Key.isDown(Key.CONTROL) && Key.isDown(90) then it will only work if I press Z first and then CTRL! That's not exactly conventional. My guess is that CTRL-Z must be registered as something else. Is there a way to use it though - or must I invent a new undo shortcut for my users?

Thanks,

Withnail.

CTRL + ENTER <<<< Not >>>> UPLOAD
when testing my movie (ctrl + enter) and then (ctrl + enter) "show streaming" my preloader works fine...

It shows the bytes loaded and when done it goes to the third frame...

But when I upload the file it won´t go, or start already there, on frame 3...

Does anybody know something about it?

Thanks!!!!

Ctrl+Enter Prob
I've just discovered that in a flash swf or projector exe, pressing Ctrl+Enter causes the stop(); command to be ignored, and it jumps to the next keyframe, or scene.

I've tried trapping the Ctrl+Enter key press...but flash won't let me. Can someone tell me how to do ot...or suggest a way around it?
Thanx

Global Sound Ctrl...
hi all,

i have a MC that has my global sound in the 2nd frame, the first has a stop action. the sound is event > looping 99999 times....

on the play button i have the following:

on (release) {
tellTarget ("_root.sitemusic") {
play ();
}
}

it works fine...

on the stop button i have the following:

on (release) {
tellTarget ("_root.sitemusic") {
stop();

}
}

it doesnt work....

Also, how do make the play and stop buttons smart...so if the sound is playing it disables the button..???

Cheers

Lost Properites Ctrl+F3 Does Nothing
Is this a bug or did I disable by accident the ability to view Properties?

Even when I go to Window -> Properties
It doesn't want to check so it's not like it's floating out of view.

Game Show (ctrl.....)
I have made a game show consisting of 12 questions where in the player wins money for each right answer.I have created this using Flash5....The problem is when anyone hold on "ctrl+the right arrow" he can see the next frame.....is there any code by which i can disable this......I have given the buttons the random actions i.e; to jump to any question starting from 1 to 12.....I also wated to know is there any method by which it can add up all the money won even in random picking of questions?Plz. help me

MX Ctrl + Enter Preview
Hi

We are using MX on a Windows 2000 network and are experiencing some intermittent problems when attempting to preview movies.

Some machines display a blank screen when Ctrl + Enter are pressed. On others it seems to work alright. Has anyone experienced this problem and if so do you have any suggestions for solving it?

Thanks

Richard

Capturing Keypress <Ctrl>+key?
Hi,
Does anyone know how to use multiple keypresses like <ctrl>+B or something like that for the button on() function?
Thanks
Mav

Copy Text ( Ctrl + C) - PLease Help
Hi there!!!
-- I'm not talking about serial numbers, I will just mention it to better explain what I need, ok?? --
Have you ever seen those software crackers that generate serial numbers and there's a button "COPY" right beside the generated serial number???
So, I'm working on a website about POEMS & LITERATURE and I'd like to put a button named "COPY IT" at the end of the text and this button would do the same as selecting the text and pressing Control key + C.
The user would be able to copy the text without having to press that key sequence....
Is that possible??? I know it's possible because I have seen it before but that wasn't flash though.
--- CAN ANYBODY HELP??? ---
tks

Holding Down SHIFT And CTRL
Okay, so I want to make a button (can do that), but I want it to activate when ALL of the following conditions are true...

1. The user has the CTRL key pressed down (left CTRL or right CTRL).

2. The user has the SHIFT key pressed down (left shift or right shift).

3. Only when those two are met, can the user right CLICK on the button, and it takes them to frame x.

I've tried messing around with the action script myself, all to no avail

Drag And Drop With Ctrl Key
I need to simulate a Windows type drag & drop. I don't actually need to drag and drop anything, just simply click the mouse button in region A and hold it down until the mouse is moved over region B, then release. I've worked that much out, the tricky thing is that the user also must hold the Ctrl key down while the mouse is being moved (the control key state must be the same as the mouse button state - down when the mouse is down and up when the mouse is up).

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Error Ctrl+Enter
I am with a book of the ActionScript Bible, and I have one action there, I copied it and seeing what it makes and such, but it of the one error, and I did not obtain to discover, if somebody will be able to help me, it not of the error alone in this action, but almost in the book all, follows the error.

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 6: The class 'DrawingUtils' could not be loaded.
var duDrawerrawingUtils=null

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1

Deactivate All Keys Except Ctrl+Alt+Del
Hi Gurus:

I want to deactivate all the keys of my keyboard except Ctl+Alt+Del.
Okay let me explain you, I have to creat a CBT in flash which will start playing once we put it in the CD Drive this is simple but the complex thing is that i want to deactivate all the keys of my keyboard except Ctl+Alt+Del. So tell me how ? its basically CBT for kids so just to avoid disturbance as they keep pressing the key while it is running.

CBT: Computer Based Tutorial.

I am really in a hurry, please gurus help me out.

thanx in advance.

Vishal

I Want To Deactivate All Keys Except Ctrl+Alt+Del
Hi Gurus:

I have to creat a CBT in flash which will start playing once we put it in the CD Drive and it should deactivate all the keys of my keyboard except Ctl+Alt+Del. So tell me how ? and please also tell me if i make a CBT using flash in PC/WINDOWS will this work in MAC also if NOT then what is that i can do to make it run both in PC/WINDOWS and MAC with same functionaliy. This is basically CBT for kids and the requirement is that it should Autoplay both in MAC and PC/WINDOWS so just to avoid disturbance as they keep pressing the key while it is running I need to deactivate the keys.

CBT: Computer Based Tutorial.

I am really in a hurry, please gurus help me out.

thanx in advance.

Preventingthe Use Of Ctrl+arrows?
Hello,

Is there anyway to prevent peaple that see my flash movie ( a little game) to use the ctrl+arrows to skip frames?

Timeline Ctrl Urgent HELP
I've heard of actionscript that controls the timeline of a movieclip, but how can you put a AS into a movieclip which controls the Main Timeline?

Regards,
Tongxn

Flash + IE + Ctrl+B Keypress
Hi,

Does anyone know of a way to disable IE's default handling of ctrl+Key combinations, and passing these directly to flash? I've just spent a full day trying to get this to work without any luck.

For example, ctrl+B pulls up the favorites manager in IE if flash is focussed.

Thanks,

F.

Full Screen CTRL+F
Does any one know the code for CTRL+F (flash 8) to obtain a fully available full screen. I have included all the normal fullscreen code, but that doesn't totally give afull screen.
pls help.