NumericStepper + keyboardEvent = :(

[Pattt]

Hi, I have a keyboardEvent which listens for pressed keys.
I also have a NumericStepper. If I change the value in the NumericStepper,
the keyboardEvent stops working (I think the reason is that the textField in the numericStepper, or the numericStepper itself, gets active)

So, I've tried alot of things.
numericstepper.textField.enabled = false
numericstepper.textField.selectable = false
numericstepper.textField.editable = false

ect...
But nothing seems to work. Please help!

[neznein9]

Throw a button component out on stage somewhere it won't be seen (ie. out of the screen bounds) and when you detect a focusIn event on your numericStepper, immediately call setFocus back to the button. This way the stepper never holds focus of the keyboard.

[Pattt]

Ok, thanks, I'll try!
Is there any other way, like make it impossible to set focus on the numeric stepper?

[Pattt]

This is how I solved it:

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, release);
function release(e:MouseEvent):void {
    stage.focus = null;
}