Cannot keyboard shortcut "return" key

I am trying to create a keyboard shortcut for the "return" key, I like to use it to "Go to sequence start"
Every time i press "return" when selecting a key to choose it just removes the window.
Any ideas?

you do not need to press return to have it accept the new key. click on the current keyboard shortcut you want to replace until it has a blue underline and then press the new key you want to assign. the new keyboard shortcut should appear and the blue underline should be gone. thats it, just click ok to accept it. i am able to assign the enter/return key to "go to sequence start" this way. you may get warnings if that keyboard shortcut is being used by another function, you can use the undo button if you change your mind about the new shortcut key, and keep the previous setting. or ignore the warning and hit ok to remove the keyboard shortcut from its old/previous assignment and keep the new setting.

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I saw that the ReturnKeyType [1] only supports a subset of value possible on iOS [2].
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Two of the iOS types "Join" and "Send" I would find quite useful in places I'm currenlty using the "go" return key type
Is there anyway to get the soft keyboard to show this labels on iOS?
Alternatively it would be great if "join" and "send" are added as Air ReturnKeyType's (e.g. they could default to "go" on other devices)
Thanks
[1] ReturnKeyLabel - Adobe ActionScript® 3 (AS3 ) API Reference
[2] UITextInputTraits Protocol Reference

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