ActionScript 3.0 :: GetCharCode And Non-character Keys?
Jul 20, 2009
String.fromCharCode works for converting the keycodes into the character on the keyboard that they represent, but it does not work with all the keys.
If the keys I am using are A,B,C,D,etc this function works, but if they are Keyboard.LEFT, Keyboard.ENTER, Keyboard.SHIFT, etc, fromCharCode doesnt return anything with these key codes.[URL]apparently shows that these keys (like SHIFT, ENTER) have no char code, just a key code.There must be some way to convert these non-character key codes into strings that say what the key was, right?
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