# Key presses: a hard thing

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/key-presses-a-hard-thing/94275>\
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**Created:** [November 10, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/key-presses-a-hard-thing/94275 "2003-11-10T23:48:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![zeka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c6cbf5/32.png) [@zeka](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zeka)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/key-presses-a-hard-thing/94275/1 "2003-11-10T23:48:34Z")

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i cannot understand keypresses from the actionscript diactionary at all!

ive got a mc and i want it to move left when a certain button (left arrow) is pressed. i cannot figure out how to to this because when i drag the “on key down” script out of the action script diactionary, beside it says \<not set yet\>

wut does that mean and can anyone help me with my actionscript??