# Keyboard Event Listener not catching ENTER key

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-event-listener-not-catching-enter-key/236197>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 18, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-event-listener-not-catching-enter-key/236197 "2007-08-18T05:37:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Flashthinker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@Flashthinker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flashthinker)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-event-listener-not-catching-enter-key/236197/1 "2007-08-18T05:37:10Z")

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I’m using the Flash 9 public alpha with AS3 and it appears that the enter key does not trigger a KeyboardEvent… The only way to get it to work is when the focus is inside a textbox.

Does anyone have a workaround?