Trapping the Enter Key
A requirement arose whereby I needed to trap the user hitting the enter key to submit a form. Courtesy of the Flash List here is the code in question, just remember to place it in your init() statement:
[as]// special listener to trap to enter key
myReturnKey = new Object();
myReturnKey.onKeyDown = function (){
var _$key = Key.getCode();
// now check for when ENTER is pressed
if (_$key == 13) {
// enter key was pressed go do something
}
}
Key.addListener(myReturnKey);[/as]