# {} Annoyance **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [August 26, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyance/29382 "2003-08-26T07:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Voetsjoeba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@Voetsjoeba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voetsjoeba)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyance/29382/1 "2003-08-26T07:07:51Z")
Hi, I have something very annoying going on in Flash. Everytime I want to type { or }, the ActionScript window simply unfocuses. It keeps doing that, so I can’t type those characters. I usually open NotePad, type them there and copy them to Flash, but isn’t there a better way to solve this ? \*Oh, right, I’m using Flash MX. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyance/29382/2 "2003-08-26T09:53:31Z")
yikes, thats insane. Do you have anything else running (or even maybe Flash itself) that has SHIFT + ] as a hotkey?? If not all I can suggest is re-installing Flash :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyance/29382/3 "2003-08-26T10:01:52Z")
Not that I know off … My key for the { bracket is ALT GR+4. I know, it might be weird for you guys. ALT 4 is close, maybe ALT GR +4 is unfocus ? … Crap. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyance/29382/4 "2003-08-26T10:23:01Z")
alt gr+4 ? Thats a weird combo for { :!: (alt brings up the file menu so it would unfocus) sounds like a poor position to be in ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyance/29382/5 "2003-08-26T10:30:07Z")
I’m gonna set my keyb language to another one so I won’t have to use ALT GR anymore. Gonna see if it works then. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyance/29382/6 "2003-08-26T10:34:57Z")
Ok so I set it to another language, and now I can type { by pressing SHIFT+^. I also tried alt gr+4 in this language, but it didn’t unfocus now. Then what the h€ll is going on ?? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyance/29382/7 "2003-08-26T11:05:28Z")
crazy languages :sure: I stick with english so I dont know any better 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyance/29382/8 "2003-08-26T13:22:32Z")
You can go to the shortcuts panel, and set it back to Flash 5 and it should work 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyance/29382/9 "2003-08-26T13:27:24Z")
I don’t know if this would work while using flash, but to get to other symbols, you can hold down alt then type in numbers on the keypad of your keyboard. Alt+0123 is ‘{’ and Alt+0125 is ‘}’. Does that help? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyance/29382/10 "2003-08-26T14:22:00Z")
Ilyas - Shortcuts panel ? Where ? Freddy - That works, great idea :thumb: