No enter key or focus w/firefox

When testing with Firefox, my flash form doesn't allow the
enter key or the scroll wheel to function. Not can I set focus on a
particular field. That is, The field appears to be in focus, but
the cursor is not set to that field. I have to click it first
before I can type into it.

On my MBP I can get "enter" by function-return.
charlie

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I'm using Adobe Reader 9.3.0.
I have a web application that displays PDFs (using Adobe Reader) in a browser. The PDF is loaded onto the page inside an IFRAME. In addition to the IFRAME containing a PDF, the page also includes several forms, text fields, etc. For the most part this is working fine. However, I have a glitch when using this in Firefox 3.6. I'm finding that certain keyboard events are being lost and I strongly suspect that they are being swallowed by Adobe Reader. When I place focus on an HTML text field and press enter key or arrow keys, I do not get the appropriate key events. If I run the exact same test without the PDF IFRAME these key events work correctly, but as soon as I load the PDF into the IFRAME they do not. I believe the primary key event that gets lost is the keydown event. I do get the keyup event.
Again, the events work correctly up until I load the PDF onto the page.
I've verified that this error does not occur in Firefox 3.5 and 3.0.
Here is a testcase to reproduce this:
<html>
<head>
    <title>JavaScript - Detecting keystrokes</title>
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                x[i].onclick = setEvents;
                if (x[i].checked)
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            document.getElementById('emptyWriteroot').onclick = function () {
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                document.defaultAction = !this.checked;
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        function writeData(msg) {
            writeroot.innerHTML += msg + '<br />';
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<button id="emptyWriteroot">Remove messages</button>
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Paste the above into an HTML document. Open the HTML document in Firefox 3.6. Check the four checkboxes. Move into the text field and press arrow keys and enter key to observe the results when it is working correctly. Then click on the "Now Load PDF" link. Press the arrow keys and enter key again and observe that the behavior has changed.
Anybody have any idea why this is happening or how to work around it?

I found a workaround!
By using an object tag instead of an iframe, all the keys seems to work fine and the PDF still renders in the page the same way.
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<head>
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''To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.''
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It seems like in CS5 while using the tlf textfield that when the focus is in the textfield that the keyboard.enter key is not fired. However, outside it is. If I set my tab index to add the "login" button as the third tab index then the enter key works fine. But sometimes when I'm filling out a form when I'm in the last textbox I just hit enter. What's the workaround to have the enter key fired while focus is in the textfield?
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thnx krafttimd for help..
i solved it with an easily way..i used textInput s enter event and generate a handler.
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protected function kod_enterHandler(event:FlexEvent):void{
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