# Keyboard input not working within HTML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-input-not-working-within-html/230944>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 30, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-input-not-working-within-html/230944 "2007-06-30T11:22:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-input-not-working-within-html/230944/1 "2007-06-30T11:22:00Z")

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I’m loading an AS 2.0 swf into AS 3.0. Keyboard input works fine when played in test movie but not when displayed within a HTML page. Can someone please explain why this is?

Update: So it works fine in IE but not Firefox. Is this a bug?