AS3 - KeyboardEvent in class

[thejmbstyle]

Hi guys! I'm am new with the AS3 and this is my first thread ever! So grats to me!

I ran into a small problem today when i was coding and was hoping someone could explain to me how to revolve that. So here it goes.

I have three files (no sub-folders) in my folder: test.fla test.as and car.as
All i wanna do is to be able to move my movieclip with arrow keys. But i want that to be coded in class car.as. Cuz for some reason it works perfectly when i write the code in my test.as

here is the code i am using for when it dosen't work:

test.as

package  
{
    import flash.display.MovieClip;

    public class test extends MovieClip 
    {
        public function test() 
        {
            // constructor code
            var car:Car = new Car();
            addChild(car);
        }
    }
}

car.as

package  
{   
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
    
    public class Car extends MovieClip 
    {
        public function Car() 
        {
            // constructor code
            x = 200;
            y = 300;
            addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, keyPressed);
        }
        
        public function keyPressed(event:KeyboardEvent) 
        {
            if (event.keyCode == 65)
            {
                x -= 5; 
            }
        }
    }
}

Btw when i use MouseEvent.CLICK in car.as for moving the object it works perfectly. So i guess it has something to do with stage not recognizing keypresses or something like that.

Well anyways, I hope you understand my problem. Looking forward for some help! Best of luck!

[ilike2]

You need a reference to the stage from the Car class.

[arkitx]

He already got the answer:

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=826995


arkitx