Hi Alex,

Its Better to have selectable feature in RichText and leave the Label as
light as now.


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:

> Ah, I should have checked that myself.
>
> Jagan, is the goal to have a non-editable text display component that
> supports selection?  It could be as simple as subclassing RET and setting
> editable=false.  Or is RET too heavy and the hope is RichText with
> selection added will be lighter?
>
> Also, do you really need RichText or would a selectable Label be better?
>
>
> -Alex
>
> On 7/7/13 11:47 PM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Jagan,
> >
> >
> >RichEditableText already implements IEditableText which
> >extends IDisplayText.  Which explains why RichEditableText has all the
> >methods of IDisplayText.
> >
> >In other words, what you asked seems to be already available.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Om
> >
> >On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Jagan Langa Sami Durai
> ><jaga...@sybrant.com
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> And I forget to say YES to the following question
> >>
> >> "It is best to describe the minimal thing you are looking for.  Is it
> >>just
> >> adding selectable text to RichText?"
> >>
> >> My skinners are going for RichEditableText just for selectable text.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Jagan Langa Sami Durai <
> >> jaga...@sybrant.com
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi Alex,
> >> >
> >> > IDisplayText interface does not have anything else other than the
> >> > following declarations,
> >> >
> >> > function get text():String;
> >> > function set text(value:String):void;
> >> > function get isTruncated():Boolean;
> >> >
> >> > except TextInput and TextArea other text based components like Label,
> >> > RichText, RichEditableText have the definitions for declarations
> >>found in
> >> > the IDisplayText interface. And in depth TextInput and TextArea uses
> >>the
> >> > "IEditableText" interface as its skinpart, which in tern extends the
> >> > "IDisplayText". So it is not a big deal to add "isTruncated()"
> >>definition
> >> > in these two components.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Having RichEditableText implement IDisplayText so it can be used in
> >> Labels
> >> >> and other places would also require some other work to shutdown some
> >>of
> >> >> the editing capabilities.
> >> >>
> >> >> It is best to describe the minimal thing you are looking for.  Is it
> >> just
> >> >> adding selectable text to RichText?
> >> >>
> >> >> On 7/7/13 10:13 PM, "Jagan Langa Sami Durai" <jaga...@sybrant.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >Hi All,
> >> >> >
> >> >> >My Requirement is bit different,
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I'm creating a custom component where i have to show a text in it as
> >> part
> >> >> >of the component. Skinning team will create n-number of skin's for
> >>that
> >> >> >component based on the user requirement. There they might use any
> >>text
> >> >> >based components. So I prefer to use an interface as the SKIN_PART.
> >>As
> >> I
> >> >> >examined IDisplayText is the only interface which have very  (very)
> >> >> >minimal
> >> >> >method declarations which suits the purpose. (Note: IMHO I thought
> >>It
> >> >> will
> >> >> >be better if all the text based components implements at least one
> >> common
> >> >> >interface.)
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Please file a bug about clickable links in RichText and we'll see
> >>if
> >> we
> >> >> >> can find a cheaper way of handling it.  I doubt it will happen in
> >> this
> >> >> >> next release.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Are you trying to display HTML or is the source text already in
> >> >> TextFlow
> >> >> >> format?  Depending on the HTML, you can use TextField as the
> >>display
> >> >> and
> >> >> >> it should allow for clickable links.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On 7/5/13 12:31 AM, "Jagan Langa Sami Durai" <jaga...@sybrant.com
> >
> >> >> >>wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >I believe user cannot select the text in the RichText.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:14 AM, jude <flexcapaci...@gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> I don't believe RichText supports hyperlinks.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > On 7/4/13 4:45 AM, "Jagan Langa Sami Durai" <
> >> jaga...@sybrant.com>
> >> >> >> >>wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > >Hi All
> >> >> >> >> > >
> >> >> >> >> > >if the *RichEditableText *also implements *IDisplayText
> >> >> *interface
> >> >> >> >>as *
> >> >> >> >> > >TextBase* class, It will be very handy while creating a
> >>custom
> >> >> >> >>component
> >> >> >> >> > >(which may have any kind of text based controls ) for
> >>skinning.
> >> >> >> >> > >
> >> >> >> >> > >P.S. RichEditableText class have all the method definitions
> >>for
> >> >> >>the
> >> >> >> >> method
> >> >> >> >> > >declarations found in the IDisplayText  interface.
> >> >> >> >> > >
> >> >> >> >> > >
> >> >> >> >> > >can we expect this change in the upcoming sdk version ?
> >> >> >> >> > Can I ask about the use case?  IDisplayText was intended for
> >> >> >> >>non-editable
> >> >> >> >> > text display. Is there something RichEditableText can do that
> >> >> >>RichText
> >> >> >> >> > cannot?
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >--
> >> >> >> >*
> >> >> >> >Regards,
> >> >> >> >S. Jagan  Langa* *|* *Team Lead*
> >> >> >> >*Sybrant Technologies Pvt Ltd*
> >> >> >> >*--------------------------------
> >> >> >> >*
> >> >> >> >ŒShriram The Gateway (SEZ)¹, Block A1,
> >> >> >> >3rd Floor, 16 GST Road, Perungalathur,
> >> >> >> >Chennai - 600 063, India
> >> >> >> >India | USA | Germany | China
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >Mobile: +91 98430 50897
> >> >> >> >Skype: seesamjagan
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >--
> >> >> >*
> >> >> >Regards,
> >> >> >S. Jagan  Langa*
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > *
> >> > Regards,
> >> > S. Jagan  Langa* *|* *Team Lead*
> >> > *Sybrant Technologies Pvt Ltd*
> >> > *--------------------------------
> >> > *
> >> > ‘Shriram The Gateway (SEZ)’, Block A1,
> >> > 3rd Floor, 16 GST Road, Perungalathur,
> >> > Chennai - 600 063, India
> >> > India | USA | Germany | China
> >> >
> >> > Mobile: +91 98430 50897
> >> > Skype: seesamjagan
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> *
> >> Regards,
> >> S. Jagan  Langa* *|* *Team Lead*
> >> *Sybrant Technologies Pvt Ltd*
> >> *--------------------------------
> >> *
> >> ‘Shriram The Gateway (SEZ)’, Block A1,
> >> 3rd Floor, 16 GST Road, Perungalathur,
> >> Chennai - 600 063, India
> >> India | USA | Germany | China
> >>
> >> Mobile: +91 98430 50897
> >> Skype: seesamjagan
> >>
>
>


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*
Regards,
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