Disable ESC in Fullscreen in AIR application

Hi,
I would like to remove default air behaviour that it's resizing down after hitting ESC button. I red that this is possible with 'preventDefault();' method, but it seems not to work. My code below:
private function init():void {
     stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN_INTERACTIVE;
     stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, ifEsc);
private function ifEsc(e:KeyboardEvent):void {
   if (e.keyCode == Keyboard.ESCAPE) {
   e.preventDefault();
Anyone had simmilar problems?

      public function eend(e:Event):void{
        e.preventDefault();
        e.stopPropagation();
        e.stopImmediatePropagation();
private var winDisplayStateTimer:Timer;/// put lines below in some initializer
      winDisplayStateTimer=new Timer(0);
      winDisplayStateTimer.delay=2000;
      winDisplayStateTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,onWinDisplayStateTimerTick);
      winDisplayStateTimer.start();
/////////////////////////////////////////       private function onWinDisplayStateTimerTick(evt:TimerEvent):void{
         if (stage.displayState != StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN_INTERACTIVE) {
           stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN_INTERACTIVE;

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    So, we are trying to develop a solution to address these problems, with some concepts similar to JStart: install on the client machine a launcher application capable of being activated from a web page, dynamically locate, download and run the actual client bytecode, transparently enforce client software updates, and supporting multiple applications (and multiple versions of the same application). However, we are facing many technical problems due to internal architecture of AIR and we already spent a considerable amount of effort trying to find a solution. We are now thinking to return on the choice of AIR, going back to Flex.
    What is the position of Adobe on this argument? Is Adobe aware of these issues and are there any plans on this topic? Any advice?
    Thank you in advance

    For those following along, Oliver Goldman will be answering this post in future articles on his blog.
    Many great comments and questions here. I’m working on some follow-up posts to address these; nothing I could cram into this comment field would really do your query justice. - Oliver Goldman
    Pursuit of Simplicity
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