# \[as3\]how to make custom controls?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-how-to-make-custom-controls/277081>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [December 7, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-how-to-make-custom-controls/277081 "2008-12-07T15:01:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![bluemagica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@bluemagica](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bluemagica)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-how-to-make-custom-controls/277081/1 "2008-12-07T15:01:36Z")

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basically i want to make custom controls for my game, but there are a few problems

1. Which should i use? key code? or char code?
2. How do i get or reject special keys? like ctrl, alt, shift, arrows etc?