# UP and DOWN arrow keys in on-screen keyboard

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/up-and-down-arrow-keys-in-on-screen-keyboard/301018>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 2, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/up-and-down-arrow-keys-in-on-screen-keyboard/301018 "2009-12-02T14:38:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![AnupamB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@AnupamB](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AnupamB)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/up-and-down-arrow-keys-in-on-screen-keyboard/301018/1 "2009-12-02T14:38:42Z")

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Hii all,  
i am working on Flash player 8. i am designing on screen keyboard.  
I am not getting any clue what code shud i write 4 UP & DOWN arrow keys.  
What logic shud i apply for both. I am done with left & right arrow keys.  
Textfield is dynamic.  
How to move textfield cursor up or down???  
Please give me some logic.???  
Can i get the rows or columns for the text i am typing from on screen keyboard??

# the codes i have written for left & right arrow are written below.

var output:TextField;  
var rpart:textField="";  
var lpart:String="";  
function receiveOutput(evnt:Object):Void {  
text=lpart;  
//Handle left arrow input  
if (evnt.data == “leftarrow”) {

```
		lpart=text.substring(0,text.length-1);
		rpart=text.substring(text.length-1, text.length)+rpart;
		}
	//Handle right arrow input	
	else if(evnt.data=="rightarrow"){

	lpart+=rpart.substring(0,1);
	rpart=rpart.substring(1,rpart.length);}

       //and getting the output in textfield as

            output.htmlText = lpart+"|"+rpart;

```

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Kindly help!!!