Flash:AS3: Button click to trigger the right arrow key?

I'm trying to figure out a way to have a button basically trigger right arrow key when it is clicked. If someone could help me out with a code to do this I would 开发者_高级运维greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advace.

In general, this is a bad idea.

If you want the mouse button to perform the same operation as the key, you should refactor the code to a shared method:

function doSomething(){
    // ...
}

function mouseClick(){
    doSomething();
}

function keyPress(){
    doSomething();
}

If you've set up your keystroke management similar to me then it should be easy..

I basically just have a class with an array which has a given index set to true/false based on the keyCode of the pressed/released key..

A breakdown of this:

When I press "a" which has an ASCII or keyCode value of 65, then array[65] is set to true. When I release the "a" key, array[65] is set to false.

Then I just have a function that returns a boolean that represents a key being held down. Here's a quick example of this class:

package
{
    import flash.display.Stage;
    import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;

    public class Keystrokes
    {
        public static var keys:Array = [];

        public static function init(stg:Stage):void
        {
            stg.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, _keyDown);
            stg.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, _keyUp);
        }

        private static function _keyDown(e:KeyboardEvent):void
        {
            keys[e.keyCode] = true;
        }

        private static function _keyUp(e:KeyboardEvent):void
        {
            delete keys[e.keyCode];
        }

        public static function keyIsDown(...ascii):Boolean
        {
            var i:uint;
            for each(i in ascii)
            {
                if(keys[i]) return true;
            }

            return false;
        }
    }
}

Now with all that said you could basically do:

Keystrokes.keys[keycode_for_right_arrow] = true;

When you click the mouse, and false when you release it.