ActionScript 3.0 :: Keep Focus On Menu Buttons?
Oct 24, 2011
I have a menu which consists of several buttons held with a movieclip (menu_mc) on the stage. You can select a menu option with a mouse click. However, I need to be able to use the keyboard too.
So I've set an keyboard eventlistener and that works, but only if the mouse has clicked on the main stage area first.
If I click on the menu_mc movie clip (for example selecting a menu option with the mouse) then the keyboard eventlistener doesn't work (presumably it's taken the focus off the stage?)
I think this is to do with the focus - so how do I keep the focus on the stage.
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