# \[mx2004\]onKeyDown going to much

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx2004-onkeydown-going-to-much/201036>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 18, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx2004-onkeydown-going-to-much/201036 "2006-09-18T02:36:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![hcjc92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@hcjc92](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hcjc92)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx2004-onkeydown-going-to-much/201036/1 "2006-09-18T02:36:49Z")

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I have a onKeyDown listener and it does trace(“you poked a key!!”) well, when i run this, and poke a key, i get about 17 'you poked a key’s in the output box, does this having somehting to do with the movie going at 32 fps? and if it does, what can i to make it not go like 17 times everytime it hit a key