Setting mouseChildren="false" on the VBox should prevent the label and textarea from receiving mouse events, so the VBox will receive clicks anywhere on its surface:
<mx:VBox width="100%" height="80" buttonMode="true" backgroundColor="#FFFFFF" backgroundAlpha="0" click="onContainerSurfaceClick()" mouseChildren="false"> <mx:Label id="returnDateValue" fontSize="18" fontWeight="bold"></mx:Label> <mx:TextArea id="messageTextValue" height="40" width="130" editable="false" borderStyle="none"></mx:TextArea> </mx:VBox> -David --- In [email protected], Andriy Panas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello flexcoders, > > > Task conditionals: > ----------------- > <mx:VBox> contain <mx:Label> and <mx:TextArea> that cover most of the <mx:VBox> container surface. > > MXML: > <mx:VBox width="100%" height="80" buttonMode="true" backgroundColor="#FFFFFF" backgroundAlpha="0" click="onContainerSurfaceClick()"> > <mx:Label id="returnDateValue" fontSize="18" fontWeight="bold"></mx:Label> > <mx:TextArea id="messageTextValue" height="40" width="130" editable="false" borderStyle="none"></mx:TextArea> > </mx:VBox> > > > Problem: > -------- > Cannot capture MouseEvent.CLICK whenever the user clicks over <mx:Label> or <mx:TextArea> components. > > "onContainerSurfaceClick()" fires only in the situations when the user clicks with a mouse directly on the <mx:VBox>'s surface, > NOT when the click had occurred over the surface occupied with UI components. > > Possible resolutions > -------------------- > > 1) Should I write 2 more separate corresponding event handlers for MouseEvent.CLICK for <mx:Label> and <mx:TextArea> components? > > 2) Cover the whole area of <mx:VBox> with a graphic asset and set its > alpha to 0 and set its depth to highest ( an old trick from Flash days). > > -- > Best regards, > Andriy mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
