have you called addEventListener twice?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aceoohay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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, "Tracy Spratt" <tspratt@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Event.preventDefault?
> >
> > Tracy
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of aceoohay
> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 4:46 PM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.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);
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
>
