User Guide

348 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
Key.DELETEKEY
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
Key.DELETEKEY:Number
Description
Property; constant associated with the key code value for the Delete key (46).
Example
The following example lets you draw lines with the mouse pointer using the Drawing API and
listener objects. Press the Backspace or Delete key to remove the lines that you draw.
this.createEmptyMovieClip("canvas_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
var mouseListener:Object = new Object();
mouseListener.onMouseDown = function() {
this.drawing = true;
canvas_mc.moveTo(_xmouse, _ymouse);
canvas_mc.lineStyle(3, 0x99CC00, 100);
};
mouseListener.onMouseUp = function() {
this.drawing = false;
};
mouseListener.onMouseMove = function() {
if (this.drawing) {
canvas_mc.lineTo(_xmouse, _ymouse);
}
updateAfterEvent();
};
Mouse.addListener(mouseListener);
//
var keyListener:Object = new Object();
keyListener.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.isDown(Key.DELETEKEY) || Key.isDown(Key.BACKSPACE)) {
canvas_mc.clear();
}
};
Key.addListener(keyListener);
When using this example, make sure that you select Control > Disable Keyboard Shortcuts in the
test environment.