# ESCAPE Key

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/escape-key/127488
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 3, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/escape-key/127488 "2004-11-03T12:34:49Z")
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### Author: ![noxious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/919ad9/32.png) [@noxious](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/noxious)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/escape-key/127488/1 "2004-11-03T12:34:49Z")

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Hello everybody!

I have a swf file which will be played on a browser, whtat i want is… when i press the “ESCAPE key” it should do certain action… but how can flash detected that i have pressed the escape key that the browser seems to have it as one of its shortcuts? …any other way around?

thanx