# Scrollpane scrolling when I press arrow keys. How to disable?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollpane-scrolling-when-i-press-arrow-keys-how-to-disable/131886>\
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**Created:** [December 20, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollpane-scrolling-when-i-press-arrow-keys-how-to-disable/131886 "2004-12-20T23:06:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![daveistheword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b3f665/32.png) [@daveistheword](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daveistheword)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollpane-scrolling-when-i-press-arrow-keys-how-to-disable/131886/1 "2004-12-20T23:06:29Z")

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I’ve assigned keypress actions for the arrow keys. But using them also makes the scrollPain scroll, because often focus doesn’t shift away from the scrollPain. Is there a way to prevent this? Thanks.

Dave