[Flashcoders] preventing control characters from being typed

2010-05-26 Thread Mattheis, Erik (MIN-WSW)
I need to make a form that can be used without a mouse. I have private function keyHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void { if (e.controlKey) { switch (e.keyCode) { case SAVE : saveCurrentContent(); break; etc, which captures a control-s just fine, but it types a box character

Re: [Flashcoders] preventing control characters from being typed

2010-05-26 Thread Glen Pike
You can set the restrict property to a list of characters - see TextField docs. On 26/05/2010 16:54, Mattheis, Erik (MIN-WSW) wrote: I need to make a form that can be used without a mouse. I have private function keyHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void { if (e.controlKey) { switch

Re: [Flashcoders] preventing control characters from being typed

2010-05-26 Thread Henrik Andersson
Mattheis, Erik (MIN-WSW) wrote: I need to make a form that can be used without a mouse. I have etc, which captures a control-s just fine, but it types a box character into the textfield. How do I go about preventing this? There is a preventDefault method in the Event class. But I am not sure

RE: [Flashcoders] preventing control characters from being typed

2010-05-26 Thread Mattheis, Erik (MIN-WSW)
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] preventing control characters from being typed Mattheis, Erik (MIN-WSW) wrote: I need to make a form that can be used without a mouse. I have etc, which captures a control-s just fine, but it types a box character into the textfield. How do I go about preventing