Why can't I use some of the keys?!

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Hi all,

I’m not sure if this is the best place to post. Sorry if it’s not!

I’ve tried 4 or 5 different way’s of grabbing keyboard input in flash AS3, but each time I can get the cursor keys, shift, space, the number keys and the numpad, but I can’t get any of the character keys “q,w,e,r,t,y,etc…” or the enter key to trace any output!

Has anyone come across this before?!

I know I’ve been able to use the character keys and enter in the past!

Could it be something to do with my keyboard or have I forgotten something in Flash?

Here’s the current code I’m using. This works with some keys and not others, just like every other attempt I’ve made!

		public var pressedKeys:Object = {};
		 
		function keyDownHandler( e:KeyboardEvent ):void
		{
			// The keyDown event is repeatedly fired while a key is
			// held down, so we can do this to ensure we only deal with
			// the event the first time a key is pressed.
			if( pressedKeys[ e.keyCode ] )
			{
				return;
			}
			
			pressedKeys[ e.keyCode ] = 1;
			
			//
			
			trace( "KEY PRESSED" );
			traceEvent( e );
		}
		 
		function keyUpHandler( e:KeyboardEvent ):void
		{
			delete pressedKeys[ e.keyCode ];
			
			trace( "KEY RELEASED" );
			traceEvent( e );
		}
		 
		function traceEvent( e:KeyboardEvent ):void
		{
			trace( "keyCode   ", e.keyCode );
			trace( "charCode  ", e.charCode );
			trace( "character ", String.fromCharCode( e.charCode ) );
			trace( "" );
		}

Thanks