Good job Jake

-Sean Thayne


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Jake Churchill <reyna...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've left comments on the 2 chromium bugs with the workaround and created
> this ticket in JIRA:
>
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-34085
>
> Let me know if there's anything else you'd like me to do with this.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Jake
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Jake Churchill <reyna...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes, setting that style is the simplest workaround.  It just doesn't get
> > you the blurred affect for the modal overlay, however it accomplishes
> what
> > I suspect most people are wanting.
> >
> > I'm not sure if changes to the framework are necessary either, but as I
> > said, if any were made, I'd add that visibility call after the
> blur.play()
> > on line 964:
> >
> > // forcing visibility
> > if (o.owner)
> >  setModalPopupVisible(o.owner, true);
> >
> > That is the same call that's made if the transition duration style is set
> > to 0.
> >
> > I'll document things in chromium's bug database as well as apache's JIRA
> > in a little bit.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Jake
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
> >
> >> So can folks set modalTransparencyDuration to 0 as the simplest
> >> workaround?
> >>
> >> Seems like you should add that info the the Chrome bugs you linked to
> >> yesterday.  Feel free to open a JIRA issue in our bug base.  We might
> just
> >> close it as external, but at least it will document your findings.
> >>
> >> I'm not quite sure I understand what changes we should make to the
> >> framework, if any.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> -Alex
> >>
> >> On 2/13/14 11:09 AM, "Jake Churchill" <reyna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Alex,
> >> >
> >> >I ended up going through the framework code and monkey patching
> together
> >> a
> >> >solution for this chrome bug.  I will leave it to you and more
> >> experienced
> >> >people to determine if it's correct or can be implemented in the
> >> framework
> >> >or if it should be left and eventually fixed by chromium people.
> >> >
> >> >In the PopUpManangerImpl.as class non-modal popups just get displayed
> and
> >> >their visibility set to true (see showModalWindow method line 826 and
> >> > showModalWindowInternal method at line 896).  At line 834 the
> >> >modalTransparencyDuration style is pulled (defaulted to 100 by the
> Sprite
> >> >class it seems) and this triggers the additional fade/blur transitions
> at
> >> >line 908 in showModalWindowInternal.  At the end of that logic blog
> after
> >> >blur.play() at line 964 the modal window remains invisible.  Adding
> this
> >> >code:
> >> >
> >> >// forcing visibility
> >> >if (o.owner)
> >> >setModalPopupVisible(o.owner, true);
> >> >
> >> >Fixes that issue for me.  This can also be fixed by manually setting
> that
> >> >modalTransparencyDuration to 0 in my class that is used for popus:
> >> >
> >> >this.setStyle("modalTransparencyDuration",0);
> >> >
> >> >The only difference between fixing this in my "monkey patched" class
> vs.
> >> >my
> >> >project class is you still get the blur overlay with the monkey
> patching,
> >> >but you don't with setting the style.
> >> >
> >> >I'm not sure what else I should do with this information, but please
> let
> >> >me
> >> >know if I should file a bug or something.
> >> >
> >> >Thanks!
> >> >
> >> >-Jake
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> It adds 2.  But there's lots of interesting stuff going on with the
> >> >>modal
> >> >> layer having to do with blur filters and effects and the popup is
> >> >> invisible for a bit and all that might be confusing PepperFlash.  So
> >> >> breaking it down into individual steps might help show that the
> >> >>"trigger"
> >> >> is.
> >> >>
> >> >> -Alex
> >> >>
> >> >> On 2/12/14 4:19 PM, "Jake Churchill" <reyna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >In working on this, I found that it was all around the modal layer.
> >> >>So, I
> >> >> >just created a global Swiz event to handle adding/removing popup
> >> >>children
> >> >> >and I manage the overlay manually by adding a basic component over
> top
> >> >>my
> >> >> >content.  The popups are all non-modal, but I'm re-creating the
> >> overlay
> >> >> >manually creating them as modal to the user.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I'll test out the SystemManager direction as well.  Curious, when
> >> >>creating
> >> >> >a modal popup through PopupManager, does it actually add 2 items to
> >> the
> >> >> >SystemManager (overlay and popup component)?  Or is the overlay
> >> >>something
> >> >> >built into flash in another way?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Thanks!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >-Jake
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> As an experiment, don't use PopUpManager and directly add the
> popup
> >> >>to
> >> >> >> SystemManager.popUpChildren.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On 2/12/14 2:12 PM, "Jake Churchill" <reyna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >Hello again,
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >I'm working on an issue where none of my popups display correctly
> >> in
> >> >> >> >chrome.  This is via PopUpManager.addPopup().  I know there is a
> >> bug
> >> >> >> >logged
> >> >> >> >with chromium about this:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=333024
> >> >> >> >https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=323680
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >However, I'm wondering if anyone has come across a workaround (no
> >> >> >>matter
> >> >> >> >how out of the way it may be).  I work on an app where there are
> >> >>lots
> >> >> >>of
> >> >> >> >"wizard" popups and info boxes and in chrome, the majority of the
> >> >>time
> >> >> >> >they
> >> >> >> >just don't display.  The modal overlay is there, just not the
> >> popup.
> >> >> >>I've
> >> >> >> >tried all kinds of combinations of popup parents and childList
> >> >>settings
> >> >> >> >and
> >> >> >> >have modified the popup components that I'm using.  I've tried
> >> modal
> >> >> >>and
> >> >> >> >not, and I've tried forcing invalidatedisplayList() on the parent
> >> >>and
> >> >> >> >popup
> >> >> >> >with no luck.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >I've tried setting wmode="opaque" and wmode="transparent" after
> >> >>reading
> >> >> >> >that this might force hardware acceleration off (but it doesn't
> >> seem
> >> >> >>to in
> >> >> >> >my case).
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >The only fixes I've found are to turn hardware acceleration off
> in
> >> >> >>chrome
> >> >> >> >settings or disable the built-in flash player in favor of the
> >> >>plugin.
> >> >> >> > Unfortunately, that's not really a viable option to have
> thousands
> >> >>of
> >> >> >> >users do.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >Interestingly enough, when I turn modal off on the popup, it
> seems
> >> >>to
> >> >> >> >sometimes work.  I'd really prefer not to "un-modalize" all my
> >> >>popups
> >> >> >>for
> >> >> >> >a
> >> >> >> >temporary bug in chrome.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >Thanks!
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >-Jake
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>

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