Flash :: Keyboard Shortcuts Disable Themselves (CS3)

How To Disable Menubar Component Keyboard Shortcuts?
I have a program that uses the arrow keys to move movie clips around the screen. I've also created 3 menubars with menus using the component objects.
These objects also react to the pressing of arrow keys. Is there a way to prevent the menu and menubar components from "listening" for the arrow key down events?

I have posted this problem on other sites but so far no one has been able to come up with an answer

Even if this cannot be done please could someone post this as I have been trying to to find ways to do it and all so far have been unsuccessful.

Using Flash 7/8, AS 2.0

If anyone nows the Key listeners variables names for the arrow keys that the menubar uses then at least they can be disabled.

Any way thanks for taking the time to read this.

Hope I have posted in the right section because I am sure that any answer will be AS related.

Many thanks in advance

Capturing Keyboard Event - Disable Shortcuts Flash Player?
I'm trying to capture keyboard events with the following code. I'm testing in an external popup flash player in FlashDevelop and it ain't tracing anything. I reckon it might be something to do with keyboard shortcuts in the flash player.

But I can't find where to disable them?

ActionScript Code:
package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;

public class myTest extends Sprite {
public function myTest ( ) {
stage.focus = this;
addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown);
}

private function onKeyDown(event:KeyboardEvent):void {
trace("key down: " + event.charCode);
}
}
}

Keyboard Domination - Best Tricks To Hear All Possible Keyboard Shortcuts
I'm looking to recreate a keyboard shortcut quiz in flash much like this example that's been done in javascript.... (Note: the example seems to only really work well on Windows - I'm hoping mine proves to be more compatible?). a timer counts down while it waits for you to correctly perrform the shortcut on the keyboard.

I've successfully implemented a key combination listener such as is detailed in a tutorial here. I've gotten it to parse my list of shortcuts from a delimited txt file, correctly analyze user combination held & advance/score if correct, drive score based on countdown time remaining, manage "pass" to skip tough ones, etc.

You can see my progress here.
http://www.realitytheory.com/clients...indexTest.html

However I've still got several things that don't work even though I'm using fscommand("trapallkeys", "true"); (does that even matter when used within browser plugin?)

1) Ctrl key doesn't register on Macs (tried Safari & Ffox) but Cmd key does. This is odd since it works fine when previewing in Flash via Ctrl-Enter (and having enable keyboard shortcuts disabled in that player). Not a showstopper as client's cool if it's windows only.

2) Any shortcuts that utilize the Alt key - seems flash doesn't detect a key event when I hit that key. I've seen another thread here intimating that Flash can't hear code #18 (alt) even though javascript can it certainly seems true in flash player. Is this true? Can it be somehow "pressed" by javascript via a JS key handler?

3) Any that conflict with browser default actions e.g. Ctrl-P, Ctrl-S. Before saying there's no way, note that somehow the JS on the example link *do* block those (on IE/Ffox Win anyways). Does anyone have a clue what part? Will disabling the browser's default actions mean Flash receives the input or will flash not hear them either?

Any help will I'm sure benefit anyone looking to listen for key combos.

Keyboard Shortcuts
Help. I've become quite used to the keyboard commands for the tools. I did something and now they won't work. Argh. Help file has been no help. Any suggestions, anyone?

Thanks.

Keyboard Shortcuts Help
Hi I hope someone can help..
Id like to make all my buttons accessible via keyboard shortcuts..thing is im a bit clueless and havent been doing flash for very long.
Im using mx 2004 and my buttons have the basic on (release) {
gotoAndStop();
}
I was hoping some helpful person may help me with the actionscript needed to access the button via keyboard. I have added it in the accessibility panel to have the shortcut Ctrl+R but just dont know how to incorporate the actionscript ...
thanks

D

Keyboard Shortcuts?
Hey,
Does anyone know the keyboard shortcuts to increase and decrease the brush size, Also the shortcut to turn on and off the 'snap to objects' tool.

could anyone please tell me these or know how i can assign them i would be greatful

Thanks in advance,

Keyboard Shortcuts
will you please give me some code which will execute a funtion when the keyboard key 7 is pressed? Or point me at a tutorial about keyboard shortcuts.

Keyboard Shortcuts
anyone know if there's a keyboard shortcut to move between frames on the timeline?

i'm editing a large page where i gotta click back and forth and back and forth from text boxes to the timeline. i could have sworn i remembered manipulating the timeline by keyboard in some earlier version...

thanks guys,
monkeybrianz

Keyboard Shortcuts
There is something wrong with my keybord short cuts in Flash 8 (PC).
For examlpe Undo is Ctrl+Y, instead of Ctrl+Z. Ctrl+= is Edit snapping instead of Zoom in...
I also can't type non-English characters ex. ł, ż or ó ..., as before.

How can I bring back the default settings?

Keyboard Shortcuts
The keyboard shortcuts are not working. For now I am merely trying to add frames and cannot get even the first frame in the Timeline to be added by hitting F5. I know I can go in and select Insert>Timeline>Frame and add each frame that way, but of course that would take far too much time. Any suggestions? Thank you!

Keyboard Shortcuts - Gone
They suddenly disappeared, so annoying.

Do anyone know what might have caused this?
Is there a shortcut to turn them off? Maybe I did that

EDIT:

Umm.. some of them work though. It seems to be the tools that are broken.

MX Keyboard Shortcuts
does anyone know if there is a keyboard shortcut for inserting a new layer in MX???

oh, and creating motion tween??

Keyboard Shortcuts - HELP PLEASE
So I want to get rid of some panels because of my not-ever-big-enough monitor. What I really want to do away with is the tools panel. And I remember all the shortcuts and everything and it's no problem. Except for one thing...

When you first select the text tool, the font name box is automatically selected. Therefore if you press the V to select the arrow tool, you end up typing in the font name box.

I've tried a whole bunch of different shortcuts besides V, including combinations with Shift and Ctrl, and I even tried using the F# keys, but nothing seems to be able to get the selection out of that font name box. That is unless you have the tools panel open, and you actually click on the arrow tool.

I'm sure there must be some way around this that I'm just not getting. Thanks in advance.

.matt.

Problems With Keyboard Shortcuts
Hi!
I'm working with a G4 running with the 9.2.1 Hebrew OS. Flash 4 and 5 worked well but when I intalled the trial version of Flash MX, all the keyboard shortcuts ceased to function.
Any ideas, anyone?

Keyboard Shortcuts Not Responding...
hi!
I just started working with flash MX only to find that the keyboard shortcuts do not work. They work great on Flash 5 and any other software I'm working with. When I tried to duplicate a standard macromedia set and a flash 5 set and redefine several shortcuts it seemd like the program doesn't recognize the letters and numbers keys, any combination I tried produced a "cmd+<empty>"
or "alt+<empty>" result. When I press a shortcut I see the right top menu item highlighted (edit if I press cmd+z, for instance) but with no results.
I'm working on a dual 450mhz G4 macintosh running a 9.2.1 hebrew system.
H E L P !

How Do I Block Keyboard Shortcuts ?
Hi, (using Flash MX)
How can I block the keyboard ctrl + left / right ?

I use:
fscommand("showmenu", "false");
to block the menu, but it doesn't stop the shortcuts. I have tried to trick it by putting in frames that just contain:
play();
but even that doesn't stop it if you hold down Ctrl + left!
I checked other flash games, and I can do the same on almost all of them, except the yeti sports ones, so it must be possible. I have searched all over and nothing helps, please solve this one for me

OSX Flash Keyboard Shortcuts
How do I switch between open flash documents in Flash MX 2004 on a Mac using OSX. I know on a PC using WinXP it's Ctrl-TAB, but am at a loss as to what it is on a Mac. Easy to use...BAH! (just kidding)

I'm temporarily using a mac at a new job and need to learn the basic keyboard shortcuts all over again.

Can someone point me to a list somewhere?

Cheers,
J.J.

Flash MX 2004 Keyboard Shortcuts
Anybody know where there is a printable list of MX 2004 shortcuts? MM offers one for Flash MX, but I don't know if they are the same for MX 2004.

(Someone here posted a file with these last year, but it has been removed from his site)

-ddog

Keyboard Shortcuts For Timeline Don't Work
Hello All,

None of the Timeline keyboard shortcuts for "Move Keyframe" (Up, Down, Left, Right) nor "Select Frame" (Left, Right, Above, Below) work for me. Period and comma move the playhead, and I can copy/paste frames, but I cannot select additional frames and cannot move them up, down, or over with the built-in commands. Other keyboard shortcuts work just fine for me.

I've used the default settings, made my own, tried using combinations that don't use the ctrl, alt, or shift keys for the shortcut... nothing seems to help. I've also used two different keyboards with different drivers, and have reinstalled Flash - nothing fixes it.

WinXP Pro sp2, 1.8 GHz Athlon Processor, 1 G RAM, 500+ Gb drives with plenty of extra space. Flash 8 Pro installed on a drive other than C:.

I have searched the forum and the knowledge index on and off for a few weeks now, but haven't seen anything about this issue.

Thanks to anyone who can give me some insight into this.

Keyboard Shortcuts Stop Working
hey all,
a co-worker of mine is having an issue with flash on his mac that he says happens occasionally. all of a sudden the keyboard shortcuts stop working for accessing the toolbox. I have never had this issue and don't have a mac to play around, so I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this and fixed it somehow.

Shortcuts On Microsoft MMedia Keyboard.
hi gang.

i have a new microsoft multimedia keyboard, with all the extra buttons etc, and all the functions keys have been assinged tasks, like open/close/undo/redo etc..... so when i try and use the function keys to insert frames / keyframes in flashmx, this command is overridden (?) by the keyboard assingments.

when i go into the keyboard application that lets u assign the task to a button, and select disable, this disables the key entirerly not just the function.

i have the correct drivers installed for the keyboard too.

anyone else seen this?

Keyboard Shortcuts For Moving Thru The Timeline?
Quick question:

Are there any keyboard shortcuts for moving frame by frame thru the Timeline in Flash? I'm used to video editing apps and am confused. I did experiment and found on my PC if I hold down Shift key and scroll the clickwheel on my mouse, I can move thru the Timeline sort of frame by frame, but this isn't perfect as it's hard to control.

Thanks in advance

Problem Creating Keyboard Shortcuts
I'm attempting to add some keyboard shortcuts to a Flash App.
What I've done in the past is attach a simple script to a button, ie: Code:

on (keyPress "<Space>") {
trace("Spacebar");
ball.gotoAndPlay(1);
}
However, in my current app, this technique fails. I've traced the problem to the use of a "TextArea" and a "TextInput" component. Just the existence of these components in the library causes the button-based listener to fail.
Anyone know of a workaround or alternative approach?
Thanks.
Mitch

Disabling Browser Keyboard Shortcuts With ActionScript
I've been looking for some insight on how to disable a browser's dominance on keyboard shortcuts over a swf.

For instance certain keys are programmed to trigger events in the swf but can't because Internet Explorer is registering the input first. (ex. Function Keys and Enter).

Any suggestions?

Jumping To Library Items Using Keyboard Shortcuts
Hi all,

I have this bug in Flash CS3 - anyone else find it very annoying?

1. Load a fla which has items in the library, with an item starting with t
2. Click first item in the library
3. Press t on the keyboard

Results: The toolbar text tool is activated

Expected results: The library item which starts with t is selected / jumped to.

This happens with all the toolbar shortcuts

Printable Flash MX 2004 Keyboard Shortcuts Diagram
I made this for myself today as a reference. I realize that there are many more shortcuts...but these are the ones I find myself using or wanting to use the most.

I thought there might be others out there who may find this useful.

http://qc.accelerateu.org/JOEL/flashMX_keyboard.pdf

The document is an 11x17 bbut it prints well at 8.5x11 as well.

Enjoy!

Flash Site Stops Browser Keyboard Shortcuts
I'm redesigning my portfolio site, and my friend just told me that when you select something in the site, the shortcuts stop working correctly...using Firefox as an example, create a new tab...then browse to http://jake3p0.com/test/newsite/ to see the page. Immediately hit Ctrl+Tab to switch between the two tabs...you'll see that it works. However, if you were to go to the site, select something in there, then hit Ctrl+Tab, the shortcut stops working...and the tab index gets in the way.

I'm assuming this is happening because of some 'active window' crap or something. Is there a way around that problem?

Flash MX2004 And 8 Actionscript Editor Special Keyboard Shortcuts For Commenting
Is there any special keyboard shortcuts for easy commenting in actionscript editor?

I think I have used one accidentally, I had some script selected, randomly hit the keyboard and each line had // in the beginning.

I did not see anything about it in keyboard prefs...

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?

Disable Keyboard Key?
how can I disable an KEY in Flash ("Enter" key)???

Cash

>> How To Disable Keyboard? <<
Hi,
I'm wonder is it possible to disable keyboard. I'm making a projector in a full screen mode and I dont want to anyone stop or close that movie with keyborad.. only on X mark or close mark.

DISABLE KEYBOARD HELP
I really need to figure out how to disable the keyboard during my animation.

Please help me out !!!

Thanks in advance,
Daniel

Disable Keyboard.
Hi all

I wonder what is wrong with this action script, it used to be ok .
________CODE________

fscommand ("exec", "rundll32 keyboard,disable");

___________________

it was working in a stand-alone flash movie. but not anymore.

Is it beacuse of flash player 6 ???

I tested it on previous player and I'm sure it was Ok .

I used to work on 'Windows Me' and I still.

my Flash was Ver.5 now I updated to FlashMX

can you help?

Disable The Keyboard
does anyone know of a way i can completely disable the keyboard to prevent the user escaping until the movie allows them to??

this isn't for anything bad...it's just a presentation where a loss of control is the point were trying to make

any help would be appreciated

Disable Keyboard
Hi,
This might not really be something I do in Flash, but I'm wondering if I can disable the keyboard of my MacBook Pro, as I am using it in an exhibition where I am showing a swf. and don't want people viewing it to be able to mess too much with my computer.

Is this at all possible?

Disable Keyboard
I want to disable the whole keyboard but the letter v. So when i hit v all the action script will be disabled. but any other button will not have any effect.... I have no idea how to make the keyboard input not accepted and how to make v close the SWF or cancle all the action script.

How Do You Disable The Keyboard?
my questions is as a simple as that. I have made a game in flashMX and i want to know how to disable any keyboard input because pressing Enter ruins the game. Thanx ^^

Disable Keyboard
Hey guys,
Little problem: I have an input text box that i fill not from the keyboard, but by clicking on buttons. This part of the clip simulates an ATM keypad. I am using an input text box so that I have a cursor. Is there any way that I can disable the keyboard so that the input text box has the cursor, but text can only be entered using the keypad buttons? If this is not clear and understandable, please post and I will clarify. Thanks in advance

Lumstar
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And The Star Continues To Shine....

Disable Keyboard Keys?
is there a way to use actionscript to disable keyboard keys? as of current, and I assume this is by default, my movie will pause in the current scene when the Enter key is pressed, which I would like to avoid the possibility of altogether.

I've tried Key.ENTER.enabled=false but that seems to have no effect.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Disable Keyboard Keys
How can I disable the "Enter" key on the keyboard?

I don't want the keyboard to affect my flash, and I am sure my users wouldn't like that either.

Disable Keyboard Navigation
I have a flash presentation that uses the arrow keys and a drop down menu as navigation. Is it possible to disable the keyboard navigation ONLY AFTER the menu has been used?

Disable Keyboard Repeat?
Hi, Im working on a game for my multimedia degree project, and Im a little bit stuck.

Basically, the player needs to repeatedly press a key, each press adds to a variable, and if the variable reaches a certain amount before the final frame then they will escape, if not then well....they die.

This is all working well, but the only problem is, the players can cheat at the moment....Rather than repeatedly pressing the key its possible to just hold the key and the variable shoots up very quickly.

So I need to know, is there anyway to get round this? Somehow disable the effect of the key being HELD down? Obviously I could kindly ask the users to turn their keyboard repeat rate down on their OS...but thats not very practical is it

Hope someone can help!
Many thanks
Mike

Keyboard Shortcuts Disable Themselves (CS3)

For years now I have had to restart Flash about once a week because my keyboard shortcuts just stop working. Has anyone else experienced this? It is driving me mad! This has happened to me since about Flash 5!If anyone knows of a fix PLEASE let me know!Thanks

For years now I have had to restart Flash about once a week because my keyboard shortcuts just stop working. Has anyone else experienced this? It is driving me mad! This has happened to me since about Flash 5!

If anyone knows of a fix PLEASE let me know!

Thanks