# Detecting a mouse click while key is pressed

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-a-mouse-click-while-key-is-pressed/76329>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 17, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-a-mouse-click-while-key-is-pressed/76329 "2005-01-17T22:24:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![JRocket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JRocket](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JRocket)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-a-mouse-click-while-key-is-pressed/76329/1 "2005-01-17T22:24:39Z")

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Is it possible to detect when a user is clicking while simultaneously pressing a button on the keyboard? For instance, if a user presses “a” on the keyboard and then clicks on a specific movie clip, I’d like to trigger an animation.

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks,  
JRocket