I got round this this by adding a mouse listener to the textField and checking onMouseDown that the mouse was pressed within the text area, if it was then onRelease gets the selection (getCaret(), getBeginIndex() & getEndIndex()) and stores it in variables so it can be recalled later.
This allows you to set the selection up again after a styling button has been released, so the user doesn't have to re-select to apply some more styling (maybe they want it bold & italic). It also allows you to setup a function to check the styling of selected text and automatically put toggle buttons into the correct state (if bold text is selected the bold button goes to the down state). It all depends how far you want to take your "quite simple text editor" ;) Giles -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Magnus Askenbäck Sent: 12 April 2006 14:13 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Text editor - Selection trouble. Tack Johan, that worked like a charm! =) .m Johan Karlsson wrote: >If I remember correctly using onRelease or even onPress is to late and >the selection is already gone. To store the selection indexes you need >to use the onMouseDown event. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Magnus >Askenbäck >Sent: den 12 april 2006 14:47 >To: Flashcoders mailing list >Subject: [Flashcoders] Text editor - Selection trouble. > > >Hi all, >I'm trying to build a quite simple text editor in f8 and are currently >having some problems with the Selecton class. >If anyone can give me some pointers it would be much apreciated. > >Problem is that whenever I try to use my buttons I loose focus of the >textField and the Selection doesn't trigger. Like so: > >boldButton.onRelease = function () { > my_txt.setTextFormat(Selection.getBeginIndex(), >Selection.getEndIndex(), arialBold); >} > >Selection.getBeginIndex() and Selection.getEndIndex() only returns -1 > >And if someone has a live exemple (with code) that would be awesome. A >component is not an option tho. > >Tnx > >.magnus > >_______________________________________________ >[email protected] >To change your subscription options or search the archive: >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com >http://training.figleaf.com > > >_______________________________________________ >[email protected] >To change your subscription options or search the archive: >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com >http://training.figleaf.com > > > > -- *MAGNUS ASKENBÄCK | AD NORMA COMMUNICATION AB* T. +46 31 748 88 15 M. +46 736 79 48 97 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.norma.se -- "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." » Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
