[FLEX-24621] Flash Player does not respond to Ctrl-C/X/V or Command-C/X/V

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: mx: TextArea
• Environment: Affected OS(s): Mac; Affected OS(s): Mac OS 10.6; Browser: Safari; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 31/Mar/09 17:40
• Updated: 23/Aug/10 15:47
• Resolved: 23/Aug/10 11:00

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. On the stage object add an event handler for Keybaord.KEY_DOWN
2. Check if event.ctrlKey == true, if true trace(event.keyCode + " " + event.keyLocation + " " + event.charCode)
3. Run the SWF and press Ctrl (or Command) X or C or V, then press Ctrl (or Command) B (something not caught by the browser)

Actual Results:
Ctrl (or Command, which ever depending on your OS) X C or V will give a keyCode of 4294967295, with a charCode of 0 and a keyLocation of 0
Ctrl B will give keyCode 66, char code 90, key location 0 <-- this is okay, it at least reports something meaningful

Expected Results:

Ctrl (or Command) should give a meaningful keyCode, not a 32bit int overflow.

Workaround (if any):
None, tried to use ExternalInterface and javascript to handle Ctrl key downs, but flash player seemed to interfere with the browser receiving the event.