Yes, Alex has been very generous with his time offline, and I will be trying his popup approach.
However I believe the popup solution is a hack in the perjorative sense. I believe that the flex language should allow at a minimum the ability to define a separate tab loop for each module. Paul --- In [email protected], Alex Harui <aha...@...> wrote: > > Paul and I have discussed off line. He's got a bunch of module panels that > we wants to overlap and drag around the screen and have tabbing stay within > which ever panel was clicked in and moved on top of the others. Flex has all > of this built-in. Once he gets his modules popped up, he should be all set. > > Alex Harui > Flex SDK Developer > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/> > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of jim.abbott45 > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: FocusManager fun... Tab Loops redux > > > Feeling less than ecstatic? Then please VOTE for fixing of bug #16897. > > See: https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-16897 > > --Jim > > > > --- In [email protected], "aceoohay" <pauls@> wrote: > > > > Alex: > > > > Neither of these options are practical in the real world (at least my > > world) since we have over 135 modules currently, and up to 10 can be loaded > > at any one time. We cannot have the cursor willy nilly hopping from module > > to module going to panels that are partially obscured by other panels, etc. > > > > Does the mx.managers.FocusManager allow the ability to establish multiple > > tab loops within a single application? > > > > If so, how can this be used to define a tab loop for a single container? > > > > If not, is there anything that will allow defining a tab loop for a > > container?! With multiple tab loops available on the stage at one time. The > > user can use the mouse to jump from module to module. > > > > Paul > > > > --- In [email protected], Alex Harui aharui@ wrote: > > > > > > Setting tabEnabled on anything you don't want to have focus is one > > > answer. So is non-modal popups. > > > > > > Alex Harui > > > Flex SDK Developer > > > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/> > > > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > Behalf Of aceoohay > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:00 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: FocusManager fun... Tab Loops redux > > > > > > > > > Alex: > > > > > > Let me restate my primary question; > > > > > &! gt; "...has anyone else tried to create a flex component with ! a separa > > te tab loop, if so how did you make it work?" > > > > > > Since the documentation seems to indicate that FocusManager will allow > > > multiple tab loops that was the approach I was investigating. > > > > > > My primary goal, irrespective of how I do it is to create what I call a > > > "tab domain." Whatever it is called, what I need is the ability to define > > > a captive group of objects from which focus will never leave by pressing > > > the tab key. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > >
