It seems the solution is "EditManager.overwriteMode" in Text Layout Framework.
In AS2 there was a Key.isToggled but in AS3 all Key class with more useful functionality but it's gone... 2014-02-07 Carlos Rovira <carlosrov...@apache.org>: > Hi, > > I'm trying to fix a case on MaskedTextInput when user is on a Windows > machine and has INSERT key pressed. > > I'm searching for a way to get this OS state to make the component take > this into account. Maybe there's something a SystemManager level or other > Flex Manager Class that holds this concrete windows overtype mode to ask > for. > > Googling only points me to KeyBoard.INSERT or solutions like this: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1025893/flex-keyboard-insert-mode-overtype-or-insert > (but the latest seems very weak since the user could have the key already > pressed) > > In C# There's a "Control.isKeyLocked" that is exactly what I need and > works with INSERT key > > Someone knows how to deal with this in AS3 or Flex? > > Thanks in advance > > -- > Carlos Rovira > http://about.me/carlosrovira > > -- -- Carlos Rovira http://about.me/carlosrovira
