capturing two or more keypresses

[pickels5980]

Hi! I have a code that captures keypresses. It works ok if only one key is pressed but I need to capture multiple keypresses. Like ctrl + shift.

I tried using a AND (&&) statement on the if then else statement but it doesn't work. Here's my code:

PHP Code:

_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc1", 1);
with(_root.mc1)
{
    someListener = new Object();
    someListener.onKeyDown = function () 
    {
        if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)) 
        {
            trace("up");
        } 
        else if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)) 
        {
            trace("down");
        }
        else if (Key.isDown(Key.CONTROL) && Key.isDown(Key.UP))
        {
            trace("Up and Down");
        }
    }
    Key.addListener(someListener);
} 


I would greatly appreciate some help on this. Thanks in advance.

[CyanBlue]

Howdy...

Here you go...

_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc1", 1);

someListener = new Object();
someListener.onKeyDown = function()
{
    if (Key.isDown(40))
    {
        if (Key.isDown(17))
        {
            trace("Down and Control");
        }
        else
        {
            trace("DOWN");
        }
    }
    
    if (Key.isDown(38))
    {
        if (Key.isDown(17))
        {
            trace("Up and Control");
        }
        else
        {
            trace("UP");
        }
    }
};
Key.addListener(someListener);

Just for your information, you don't have to put the key listener into the movieclip as you did...

Please use code formatting so that the code could be more readable...


Keyword: ctrl up down cbctrl cbup cbdown multiplekey cbmultiplekey

[arun_joy]

Is there any way to trap alt key in flash.

[pickels5980]

It works! Thanks a lot!

[farafiro]

Originally posted by arun_joy
Is there any way to trap alt key in flash.

_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
    if (Key.isDown(18)) { // Alt = 18
        trace("ALT heheheheeeeeeeeee");
    }
};

[arun_joy]

actually what i was searching is to disable the user from pressing Alt+F4. is there any way to do tat ?

[CyanBlue]

I am not 100% sure, but I think there are some projector tools that supports the functionality... Check out SWf Studio or ScreenWeaver and others if you are looking for the projector solution...

[farafiro]

I don't think so Cyan, it's a system matter not a flash matter, so, the system will over write yours
same like the fscommand(toggle.....

[farafiro]

or see this thread:
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...threadid=15167

[CyanBlue]

Oh... All I was saying meant to search those projector tools...
I know that you can trap the key combination such as Alt-F4 in Director with the support of some Xtras... So, basically that key trapping has been done in C/C++... That means the projector tools should be able to have that sort of options... If those projector tools do not support that functionality, that just means that the company is not thinking of that feature or they are just plain lazy...