I'll admit that I'm not sure you mean by the "capture phase". I can
tell you what else I did.
In the customer comboxbox constructor, I did add this (pseudo code):
public MyComboBox () : void {
component = new ComboBox();
component.addEventListener(Keyboard.KEY_DOWN, handleIt);
}
private function handleIt(event:KeyboardEvent) : void {
Alert.show("Here");
}
And I did get the keyboard event when I pressed my function key.
However, it never seemed to bubble back up to where I really wanted to
handle it. I looked at the properties of the keyboard event and
bubbling was true.
--- In [email protected], Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Try listening in capture phase
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of schneiderjim
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 4:10 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Custom combobox even propagation
>
>
> Thanks, but I'm not looking to capture "normal" keyboard entries in
> the combobox. I'm looking for a hotkey/function key press that tells
> our system to go do stuff on the fields in the custom form. This
> hotkey/function key event propagates just fine from all of my other
> custom control "wrappers", just not the combobox wrapper.
>
> Any other thoughts anyone?
>
> --- In
[email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
"valdhor" <stevedepp@> wrote:
> >
> > I have no idea about your specific problem but I do have an idea.
> >
> > Instead of a ComboBox, you may like to use an AutoComplete Input:
> >
> >
>
http://www.websector.de/blog/2008/04/30/quick-tip-avoid-issues-using-adobes-autocomplete-input-component-using-flex-3/
> >
> >
> > --- In
[email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
"schneiderjim" <jschneider@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Flex 2.0.1
> > >
> > > We are dynamically generating/building a form and putting it in a
> > > "content area". The form has a list of fields that are custom fields
> > > (wrappers for the real UI component). I'm trying to capture a key
> > > press in the content area. It works for the "TextInput" custom
> > > component, but not the ComboBox. Any Ideas? Here's the basic class
> > > structure (pseudo-code):
> > >
> > > -----------------------
> > >
> > > class BaseControl extends UIComponent {
> > > protected var component : UIComponent;
> > > }
> > >
> > > class MyComboBox extends BaseControl {
> > > public MyComboBox () : void {
> > > component = new ComboBox();
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > class MyTextInput extends BaseControl {
> > > public MyTextInput () : void {
> > > component = new TextInput();
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > class MyForm extends UIComponent {
> > > var fields : ArrayCollection; // list of BaseControls
> > > }
> > >
> > > Content.mxml:
> > >
> > > <script>
> > > var form = new MyForm();
> > > ... add form fields
> > > content.addChild(form);
> > >
> > > content.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, handleKeyboard);
> > >
> > > private function handleKeyboard(event:KeyboardEvent) {
> > > Alert.show("Key down");
> > > }
> > > </script>
> > > <mx:VBox id="content">
> > > </mx:VBox>
> > >
> > > --------------------
> > >
> > > The problem is that the keyboard handler is being called correctly
> > > when a key is pressed with the cursor in the custom Text input
field,
> > > but is not getting called when the custom ComboBox has focus and
a key
> > > is pressed.
> > >
> > > What am I missing?
> > >
> >
>
