No examples of your situation, but DataGrid uses keyFocusChange and my blog's DG editor with two editable fields post also shows how to grab keyFocusChange and basically shutdown Flex's focus handling so you can run your own.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of aut0poietic Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 5:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Cannot Tab to MovieClips from Flash SWF Loaded with SWFLoader My designers build the content, but it's rapid dev by non-technicals. I can do limited content prep, if I can automate it for them. I'll look into using implementing a SWFLoader that implements IFocusManagerComponent. Difficulty isn't that big of a concern -- it's either make this work or dump a months worth of work. Been googling for examples of this technique to see if it'll do what I need. You know of any existing implementations or articles on the topic? IT really seems like I can get either the flex content tab order working, or the loaded swf content working, but not both. Thanks for the help so far. --- In [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you don't own the content, the FCK won't help you. You'll need to wrap the content and implement your own tabbing scheme. Difficulty Rating 8 out of 10. > > You'd need a SWFLoader subclass that implements IFocusManagerComponent. It would need a keyFocusChange handler that calls preventDefault(). > > From: [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of aut0poietic > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 1:34 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Cannot Tab to MovieClips from Flash SWF Loaded with SWFLoader > > > Thanks for the tip Alex. I'm googling now, but I'm curious how this > could be of benefit to me for a MovieClip on stage. > > Content designers build the SWF's that my application loads in, which > consists of simple MovieClips, images, vector graphics and some > interactions (like drag/drops or a multiple choice question). > > It sounds like I'd have to specify a base class for every movieclip on > stage that implemented IFocusManagerComponent. > > Am I far off, or is there some secret sauce in the kit? > > --- In [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Alex Harui <aharui@> wrote: > > > > The CS3 entities need to implement IFocusManagerComponent. You > might be able to use the Flash Component Kit to do that > > > > From: [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] > On Behalf Of aut0poietic > > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 7:47 AM > > To: > > [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Cannot Tab to MovieClips from Flash SWF Loaded > with SWFLoader > > > > > > Title pretty much says it all: > > > > I have a Flex 3 application which can basically be summed up as a SWF > > player which loads SWF's created in Flash CS3. > > > > When the SWF's are loaded, I can interact with them using the mouse > > (click/mouseover, etc). However, these items cannot be tabbed to. > > > > I've been hacking around on this all morning, without much luck. I've > > ensured that every item in the application either has a tabIndex and > > is .tabEnabled or has tabEnabled=false and tabChildren=true. > > > > I've even resorted to enumerating over the child MovieClips in the swf > > (using swfLoaderInstance.content.getChildAt()) and setting tabEnabled > > and focusRect are both true, and confirming that the tabIndex on these > > mc's was preserved. > > > > I'm at a serious loss as to what to do next -- I can't have > > controls/interactions that the user can't tab to. Am I missing > > something simple? A setting on the SWFLoader? The Application? > > > > Hope someone's had to deal with this before and knows a solution. > > > > Jer > > >
