Re: [flexcoders] Flex Menu.createMenu on mouseDown issue

[Alex Harui]

Did you try callLater on createAndhow?


On 3/8/12 9:30 AM, "Philip Smith" <loudj...@hotmail.com> wrote:






Substitute this button code to see the menu create fail:

<!--- mouse down fails to show menu -->
        <s:Button id="myButton"
                  label="Open Menu"
                  mouseDown="createAndShow();"/>

________________________________
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
From: loudj...@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:27:45 +0000
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex Menu.createMenu on mouseDown issue





The menu doesn't open. And 'mouseDown' is required in the context of the app. 
Any ideas, Alex?

Here's the test code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009";
               xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
               xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" width="400" 
height="300">
    <fx:Declarations>
        <!-- Define the menu data. -->
        <fx:XML format="e4x" id="myMenuData">
            <root>
                <menuitem label="MenuItem A" >
                  ! ;  <menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-1" enabled="false"/>
                    <menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-2"/>
                </menuitem>
                <menuitem label="MenuItem B" type="check" toggled="true"/>
                <menuitem label="MenuItem C" type="check" toggled="false"/>
                <menuitem type="separator"/>
                <menuitem label="MenuItem D" >
                    <menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-1" type="! radio"
          &! nbsp; &n bsp;                 groupName="one"/>
                    <menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-2" type="radio"
                              groupName="one" toggled="true"/>
                    <menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-3" type="radio"
                              groupName="one"/>
                </menuitem>
            </root>
        </fx:XML>
  &nb! sp; </fx:Declarations>

    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[

            import mx.controls.Menu;

            // Create and display the Menu control.
            private function createAndShow():void
            {
                var myMenu:Menu = Menu.createMenu(null, myMenuData, false);
                myMenu.labelField="@label";
                myMenu.show(10, 10);
     !        }
     !  &n bsp; ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <s:VGroup>
        <s:Button id="myButton"
                  label="Open Menu"
                  click="createAndShow();"/>
    </s:VGroup>
</s:Application>


________________________________
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
From: aha...@adobe.com
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 22:55:23 -0800
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex Menu.createMenu on mouseDown issue




   What happens?


On 3/7/12 6:06 PM, "method_air" <loudj...@hotmail.com> wrote:







Attempting to create a flex Menu on 'mouseDown' is failing (but works using the 
'click' event):

private function createAndShow():void
{
var myMenu:Menu = Menu.createMenu(null, myMenuData, false);
    myMenu.show(10, 10);
}
]]>
</mx:Script>



<!-- Define a Button control to open the menu -->
<s:Button mouseDown="createAndShow();"/>

Is there a workaround?

Thanks,

Philip






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Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui