How to bind keyboard events using the "KeyBinding" library (NME recipe)

KeyboardTest.hx

import com.eclecticdesignstudio.control.KeyBinding;
import nme.display.Sprite;
import nme.text.TextField;


/**
 * @author Joshua Granick
 */
class KeyboardTest extends Sprite {
	
	
	private var label:TextField;
	
	
	public function new () {
		
		super ();
		
		KeyBinding.addOnPress ("a", Keyboard_onPressA);
		KeyBinding.addOnRelease ("a", Keyboard_onReleaseA);
		
	}
	
	
	
	
	// Event Handlers
	
	
	
	
	private function Keyboard_onPressA ():Void {
		
		// user pressed the A key
		
	}
	
	
	private function Keyboard_onReleaseA ():Void {
		
		// user released the A key
		
	}
	
	
}

Although you can listen to keyboard events directly, the KeyBinding library makes it easier to bind or unbind actions to keys on the keyboard.

You can install it with "haxelib install keybinding" from a command-prompt or terminal, then you can include it in your project with <haxelib name="keybinding" /> in your NMML project file.