# Key press?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/key-press/120121>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 20, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/key-press/120121 "2004-08-20T21:33:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Uli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ccd318/32.png) [@Uli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Uli)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/key-press/120121/1 "2004-08-20T21:33:22Z")

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Hello,  
I have a key press pb…

```php

onClipEvent (load) {
	my_hear = new Object();
	Key.addListener(my_hear);

		
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	my_hear.onKeyUp = function() {
		trace("up");
	};
	my_hear.onKeyDown = function() {
		trace("down");
		
	};

}

```

This simply doesn’t work… If i press down, it traces “down” but if i press “up”, most of the time it traces “down” as well… Sometimes “up” but not that often… like randomly What’s wrong??

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**Author:** ![deQue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@deQue](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/deQue)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/key-press/120121/2 "2004-08-21T01:07:28Z")

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_onKeyUp means_ when the key is released, not when you press the UP ARROW key.  
Same goes for _onKeyDown_.

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**Author:** ![Uli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ccd318/32.png) [@Uli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Uli)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/key-press/120121/3 "2004-08-22T22:23:08Z")

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lol ok thanks

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**Author:** ![Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Prophet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Prophet)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/key-press/120121/4 "2004-08-22T22:57:51Z")

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```auto
Key.UP

```

is the key code for the up arrow key

Prophet.

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**Author:** ![Uli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ccd318/32.png) [@Uli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Uli)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/key-press/120121/5 "2004-08-22T23:01:45Z")

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yea found it thanks 🙂