keyDown is not cancelable.
Post a test case so we can see how you wired it up. ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of aceoohay Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 3:01 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Keydownhandler fires twice for each keystroke nope... After you posted I inserted; event.preventDefault(); At the beginning of the function with no effect. Like I said it seems as though the keyDownHandler function is called twice for each keystroke. Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Event.preventDefault? > > Tracy > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of aceoohay > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 4:46 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] Keydownhandler fires twice for each keystroke > > > > Flex 2.0.1 > > I am trying to capture keystrokes in the keyDownHandler of a > ComboBox and it appears to be firing twice for each keystroke. > > Any ideas on what might cause this? > > The code below works except that when the user strikes a <backSpace> > it removes two characters from _typedText. > > Paul > > override protected function textInput_changeHandler > (event:Event):void > { > _typedText += this.textInput.text; > if (!findFirstItem(_typedText)) > { > _typedText = _typedText.substr > (0,_typedText.length -1); > findFirstItem(_typedText); > } > } > override protected function keyDownHandler > (event:KeyboardEvent):void > { > if(!event.ctrlKey) > { > if (event.keyCode == > Keyboard.BACKSPACE || event.keyCode == Keyboard.DELETE) > { > _typedText = > _typedText.substr(0,_typedText.length -1); > findFirstItem(_typedText); > } > } > } >
