Restricting text input

Hey folks,

I’m trying to write an avatar chat application where i require the arrow and enter keys to perform special functions, so I’d like to restrict their input to the message textfield. I tried using the ‘restrict’ property of the textfield object, but that didn’t work.

This is basically what I want it to do:

When a user types any alphanumeric character/punctuations into the textfield, textfield acts normal. but when the Enter key or arrow keys are pushed, i do not want them to register into the textfield (this textfield is multi-line, so I don’t want the Enter key to give me a carriage return, or the arrow keys to move the typing cursor). I’ve tried many ways but can’t seem to manipulate the default behaviour of the textfield :frowning: Anyone have any tips and ideas?

Thanks for any help!
Jay