# KeyboardEvent

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboardevent/328590>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 29, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboardevent/328590 "2012-05-29T00:00:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bimzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/34f0e0/32.png) [@Bimzy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bimzy)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboardevent/328590/1 "2012-05-29T00:00:23Z")

</div>

Im trying to get the user’s input but its not working for me, ive used refferances from this link [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/as3/using\_keyboard\_as3.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/as3/using_keyboard_as3.htm) but it doesnt seem too work, im not sure why. When i run my program and type A no errors come up, but also nothing else happens. Here is my code

```auto
//Keyboard letter inputfunction setup()
{
	stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, keyPressed)
}
setup()

function keyPressed(keyEvent:KeyboardEvent)
{
	if (keyEvent.keyCode == 65)
	{
		if(letA.parent)	letA.parent.removeChild(letA)
		boolA = false
	}
}

```

any help is appreciated 🙂 Bimzy