# \[AS 2\] Key Listener Not Working

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-key-listener-not-working/262137>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 3, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-key-listener-not-working/262137 "2008-06-03T17:05:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![WeHelpSchools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c5a1d2/32.png) [@WeHelpSchools](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WeHelpSchools)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-key-listener-not-working/262137/1 "2008-06-03T17:05:16Z")

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I have this movie with a listener on the main time line included from an actionscript file.

```auto

var myListenerKey:Object = new Object();
myListenerKey.onKeyDown = function() {
        trace = "hello"
}

```

This simple code does nothing. Why?

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**Author:** ![sparkdemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sparkdemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sparkdemon)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-key-listener-not-working/262137/2 "2008-06-03T17:30:25Z")

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may be because you missed this simple thing…

Key.addListener(myListenerKey);

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**Author:** ![WeHelpSchools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c5a1d2/32.png) [@WeHelpSchools](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WeHelpSchools)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-key-listener-not-working/262137/3 "2008-06-03T17:49:03Z")

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Thanks sparkdemon! That did the trick.