# Urgent! simple Help needed

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-simple-help-needed/317461>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 21, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-simple-help-needed/317461 "2010-12-21T16:05:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![LoveTheresa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aeb1de/32.png) [@LoveTheresa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LoveTheresa)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-simple-help-needed/317461/1 "2010-12-21T16:05:55Z")

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I’m trying to do a simple text box, below is the code:

```auto
private function onKey(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
    trace("Key Pressed: " + String.fromCharCode(event.charCode) + " (character code: " + event.charCode + ")"); 
}

```

however, I dunno why It cannot receive alphabet input, everytime i press on the keyboard’s alphabet, my mouse keep change to the flash’s short cut key…

how to disable it so that i can trace my alphabet input properly?