# OnKeyDown not working in IE/Netscape

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onkeydown-not-working-in-ie-netscape/154503>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 10, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onkeydown-not-working-in-ie-netscape/154503 "2005-07-10T14:15:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@cmead](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cmead)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onkeydown-not-working-in-ie-netscape/154503/1 "2005-07-10T14:15:19Z")

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Hi,

I apologize if this is a dupe post… I am very new to this.

I am working from the Flash Photogallery sample here on [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com) (very helpful!!).

It seems to me that the keystroke listening stuff only works in preview and in the flash player, not in IE6 nor Netscape 7. Am I missing something? Is this a security limitation perhaps (I am using xpp sp2)?

Thanks,  
Chris