Alex: I posted the screenshot on the bug report. Please see;
https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-16897 Paul --- In [email protected], Alex Harui <aha...@...> wrote: > > Paul, if you would be willing to share the screen shot of your app that you > showed me, I think most would agree that the popup subsystem in Flex was > designed exactly for what you want to do, and not a hack. I hope those that > vote for your bug describe their scenarios that require it. Maybe the more > critical feature Flex needs is an easier way to popup modules. Until we see > other scenarios that require distinct tabloops that aren't MDI oriented, I > don't think this issue will get sufficient priority to be addressed. > > 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: Saturday, March 14, 2009 10:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: FocusManager fun... Tab Loops redux > > > 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]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Alex > Harui <aharui@> 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:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On > > Behalf Of jim.abbott45 > > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:21 PM > > To: [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > 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]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "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]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > 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:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] > > > > On Behalf Of aceoohay > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:00 AM > > > > To: [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > >
