It's not just DELETE, it's any keyboard event (KEY_UP, KEY_DOWN).
Another thing I've noticed is that the caretIndex of the TextField
is not accurate on the focusIn event. It shows as the last position
in the TextField instead of the position the user clicked.
Thanks again for your help.
-Steven
--- In [email protected], "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I think not being able to cancel DELETE is an oversight in the
design;
> I'll file a bug about this. You'll probably have to allow the
deletion
> to happen and then restore the previous text afterwards.
>
> - Gordon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Steven Toth
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:40 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: How to cancel Keyboard events?
>
> No dice. I do see the eventPhase equal to 1 (capture), but the
> stopPropagation() and stopImmediatePropagation() still do not
> prevent the DELETE from being processed. I'm beginning to think
I'm
> just going about this the wrong way. There has to be a way to do
> this.
>
> I'd love to see what's going in under the covers. Is the source
> code for the flash namespaces available. I looked through the mx
> namespaces, but the bulk of what I'm interested in is in the flash
> namespaces.
>
> --- In [email protected], "Michael Schmalle"
> <teoti.graphix@> wrote:
> >
> > Jeremy,
> >
> > If that works... props to you man! ;-)
> >
> > Peace, Mike
> >
> > On 5/18/06, jeremy lu <wade.lu@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > write this off top my head,
> > > but there are two phases for event, one is capturing phase,
the
> other
> > > bubbling phase.
> > >
> > > I guess what you need to do is like this:
> > >
> > > Application.application.addEventListener("keyDown", onKeyDown,
> true);
> > >
> > > setting third param to true will switch to capture phase, then
> you get the
> > > chance to do :
> > >
> > > keyEvent.stopPropagation()
> > > keyEvent.stopImmediatePropagation()
> > >
> > > as Michael suggested, this will prevent keyDown event from
being
> picked up
> > > by underlying components.
> > >
> > > see if that works.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/19/06, Michael Schmalle <teoti.graphix@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ah,
> > > >
> > > > I got ya. Yeah, I know I read somwhere in the docs about
this
> issue. I
> > > > can't remeber if it pertains to your particular problem.
> > > > EDIT - I looked and now REALLY understand you.
> > > >
> > > > As far as I know, IE delete, there is no way as of yet.
> > > >
> > > > ... But don't take my word for it ;-)
> > > >
> > > > I don't think there is a way to do what you want, AS seems
to
> be one
> > > > layer to high for that interaction other than like you said,
> make the
> > > > behavior cancelable..
> > > >
> > > > Never know for the future though, they might be listening. :)
> > > >
> > > > Peace, Mike
> > > >
> > > > On 5/18/06, Steven Toth < steventoth@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the feedback, but that does not do the trick.
> The event
> > > > > is not cancelable, so I cannot prevent the keystrokes.
For
> example,
> > > > > I'm using a TextInput control. I can handle the textInput
> event and
> > > > > cancel it (not allow the new text to be input) using the
> > > > > prevenDefault() method. However, the keyDown and keyUp
> events are
> > > > > not cancelable. Hence I cannot prevent my user from
> deleting text
> > > > > from the control via the DELETE key. The stopPropagation
()
> and
> > > > > stopImmediatePropagation() method do not work since the
> event has
> > > > > already been processed and the text deleted by the time it
> gets to
> > > > > the keyDown and keyUp events. It seems that there must be
> someway
> > > > > to be able to reject or respond in a custom way to
> keyDown/keyUp
> > > > > events???
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In [email protected], "Michael Schmalle"
> > > > >
> > > > > <teoti.graphix@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well, looking at how Adobe did somethings, I would say
you
> could
> > > > > either
> > > > > > write a filter loop that executes in the keyDown handler
> or just
> > > > > hard code
> > > > > > the keys you want to reject.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I don't know if this helps you but, there is;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > keyEvent.stopPropagation()
> > > > > > keyEvent.stopImmediatePropagation()
> > > > > >
> > > > > > See the docs for the lengthy definition of those methods.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Being email and all it sounds like you just need to do
> alittle
> > > > > ditch digging
> > > > > > ;-) IE put in an if statement with logical || .
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Peace, Mike
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 5/18/06, Steven Toth <steventoth@> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm trying to write a custom control and I need to be
> able to
> > > > > reject
> > > > > > > certain keystrokes. I'm able to add listeners for the
> > > > > KeyBoardEvent,
> > > > > > > but they are not cancelable. I don't see anywhere in
> the object
> > > > > > > heirarchy that they are. I'm probably missing
something
> since
> > > > > I'm
> > > > > > > approaching this from a perspective of developing
similar
> > > > > controls
> > > > > > > in .NET and Java. Is handling the KeyboardEvent the
> correct way
> > > > > to do
> > > > > > > this? If so, how do I handle the event so that I can
> cancel
> > > > > it? If
> > > > > > > not, what should I be doing so I can reject certain
> keystrokes?
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