Flex KeyboardEvent Listener

Example below demonstrates the working of KeyboardEvent listeners. In the example when certain specific keys are pressed the function eventListener invokes the functions neo and trinity. These specific keys are shift and ctrl which when pressed together opens a web page url. Also listener for keys are created using conditional statements and with these listeners when ever the boolean condition becomes true, an alert box is generated.

keyListeners.mxml


<?xml version = '1.0'?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx = 'http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml' 

              initialize="eventListener()">

  <mx:Script>

    <![CDATA[

    

    public function eventListener():void{

      application.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, neo);    

      this.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, trinity);

    }

    

    public function neo(eve:KeyboardEvent):void{

                

      var CtrlKey:Boolean = eve.shiftKey;

        if(CtrlKey){

          var ShiftKey:Boolean = eve.shiftKey;

          if(ShiftKey){          

var url_0:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.roseindia.net/flex");

            navigateToURL(url_0);

          }  

        }

          

      }

    

      import mx.controls.Alert;

      public function trinity(eve:KeyboardEvent):void{

txt.text = magic(eve.charCode) + " (" + String(eve.charCode) + ")" 

+ magic(eve.keyCode) + " (" + String(eve.keyCode) + ")";

        var power:int = eve.keyCode;  

        

        if(100 < power < 105)

          Alert.show("Welcome to roseindia\n" + txt.text);

      }

        

      

  public function magic(IntVal:int):String {

        if (IntVal > 47 && IntVal < 58) {

            var strIntVals:String = "0123456789";

            return strIntVals.charAt(IntVal - 48);

        } else if (IntVal > 64 && IntVal < 91) {

            var strCaps:String = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";

            return strCaps.charAt(IntVal - 65);

        } else if (IntVal > 96 && IntVal < 123) {

            var strLow:String = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";

            return strLow.charAt(IntVal - 97);

        } else {

            return IntVal.toString();

        }

    }        

  

    

    

    ]]>

  </mx:Script>

  

  <mx:Style>

    .eve {color : #660000}

    TextArea {font-size : 18pt}

  </mx:Style>

  

  

  <mx:Canvas backgroundColor = '#CCFF00' width = '100%' 

                    height = '100%'>

    <mx:TitleWindow title = 'roseindia.net' 

      showCloseButton = 'true' width = '40%' height = '30%'>

    

       <mx:TextArea id = 'txt' width = '80%' 

             height = '50%' styleName = 'eve'/>

       <mx:Text id = 'tnt' color = "#CCFFFF"/>

    </mx:TitleWindow>

  </mx:Canvas>

  

</mx:Application>

keyListeners.swf

when the ctrl + shift is pressed following url (http://www.roseindia.net/flex) web page opens in you default browser

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