Detection of a paste event originated from the default ContextMenu in a flash TextField

Textfields currently do not dispatch paste events. When the user is using keyboard shortcuts to paste, there'开发者_Go百科s a way to workaround that shortcoming by listening to various keyboard events in the textfield.

Is there a way to detect the paste event when it is originated from a click on the ContextMenu?

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When you choose an item in a ContextMenu, the chosen ContextMenuItem dispatches a menuItemSelect event. Use that.

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Write this :

this.stage.addEventListener( Event.PASTE, handlePaste );

and then when you click on "paste" in the ContextMenu of flash player, the handlePaste is called