# Browser Capturing Key Strokes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-capturing-key-strokes/243692>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 9, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-capturing-key-strokes/243692 "2007-11-09T18:14:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![FizixMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FizixMan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FizixMan)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-capturing-key-strokes/243692/1 "2007-11-09T18:14:07Z")

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I’ve tested IE and Firefox so far, both of them capture certain keystrokes.

For example, in IE I can’t use “Escape” because it’s being captured by IE as the Stop Page command. Similarily, F1 is bringing up the browser help. Alt+ almost anything is being ignored. CTRL+R activates the page refresh command.

FireFox is a bit more friendly; I can use Escape, but CTRL+R still refreshes the page.

Is there a way (either through javascript, actionscript, or the HTML embedding options) to allow my flash movie to capture these keypresses away from the browser?