No children of the Application have focus, so there are no events to capture. If you listen to the stage, you'll see everything. The app is not the top-level displayobject so your handlers will not pick up events from popups either.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of zhongtie Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 6:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Application container failed to capture KeyboardEvent My simple flex app somehow doesn't respond to key event, but mouse events work fine. Any ideas? Thanks, Tie --- src code --- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " layout="absolute" keyDown="onEvent(event)" mouseDown="onEvent(event)"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ protected function onEvent(e:Event):void { trace(e.type); } ]]> </mx:Script> </mx:Application>
