Keydown Help

[kaymanian]

Hey, very new to flash (Using Flash Pro 8). Currently, I just need to execute a simple show/hide function that is controlled with a key.

Currently, I have a circle movieclip with this coding attached to it:

onClipEvent(keyDown)
{
  if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT))
    _root.circle._visible = true;
}
onClipEvent(keyDown)
{
  if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT))
    _root.circle._visible = false;
}

and on the first frame of the timeline, I have this code ( so that it is visible = false to begin with ):

_root.circle._visible = false;

Now, my problem is that when pressing the RIGHT key on the keyboard, it reveals the circle, but when it is pressed again, I want it to hide the circle again. Obviously there's a conflict between false and visible, but I don't yet know how to tell flash to make the distinction that the RIGHT key has already been hit once. Is there some kind of 'listener' or something?

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance.

[mneil]

Well, first things first; Don't put code on movie clips. For now, since you've got it there we'll go with it. But, in the future if you're going to use more flash and eventually do AS3 you won't/can't put code on clips.

You need to use a conditional in your keyDown:

onClipEvent(keyDown)
{
  if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
    if(_root.circle._visible)
      _root.circle._visible = false;
    else
      _root.circle._visible = true;
  }
}