dispatchEvent to send keyboard events (AS3)?

[Hugga_Tree]

Hello,

I am trying to create an on-screen keyboard for a touch-screen kiosk. Does anyone know how to send a keyboard event to a text input component from a button click event? For example, the user will push the on-screen buttons to enter their name, press tab to go to the next field, and so on.

I believe that I somehow need to use dispatchEvent but have not been able to get it to work. For example, pressing the on-screen A keyboard button will fire a CLICK event and call a handler to place an A in the currently focused text input component. The handler needs to be able to dispatch a keyboard event (with the correct keycode) to that text input field and that is where I am stuck.

Is this possible or am I on the wrong track?

Thank you in advance for any help or ideas.

[Andrei1-bKoviI]

You cannot force mouse or keyboard events - they HAVE TO come from mouse or keyboard.

In your case, since touch screen invokes MouseEvent - you, perhaps need to write your own code that will fire events from keyboard UI (not keyboard itself) and detect what "key" was clicked. It is similar to regular button functionality.

[Animaleante]

Are you positive that it is impossible to emulate a keyboard press?

'Cause I'm facing a quite difficult situation. I must read the mouse movement in X. Depending if X is positive or negative, it should dispatch and event saying that the left or right arrow have been pressed. Ain't there no other way to fake a key press?

Thank you.

[kglad]

you can create and dispatch any event using actionscript.  you'll just need to assign appropriate event properties if you expect to use those properties in a listener function.

[Animaleante]

I actually just managed to make a simple script todo what I wanted. I little try&error, but it turned out allright:D

But thanks for the answer kglad.

[kglad]

you're welcome.

[mspanish]

That's not true. I simulate Mouse Events via other function all of the time!