OK, that'll work, but I'll have to add new components I make to the list each time. Oh well... :/
--- In [email protected], "dougmccune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think there's a good answer to this question. There's no way > to figure out via AS whether a component MIGHT dispatch a given event. > > I did a search on livedocs to try to find all classes that dispatch a > change event. This only seems to include base classes, so subclasses > of any of these controls won't show up, so you'd hve to figure those > out. Also note that this doesn't mean that some classes might dispatch > other events that signify change that aren't specifically the same > "change" event. And these change events don't necessarily mean "user > input" either. All it means is that the component dispatches an event > called "change". > > Here's the livedocs search: > http://livedocs.macromedia.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=site%3Alivedocs.macromedia.com%2Fflex%2F201++%22change%3DNo+default%22&action=Search > > And here are the classes that come up: > mx.controls.RadioButtonGroup > mx.controls.sliderClasses.Slider (which means HSlider and VSlider as well) > mx.controls.ColorPicker > mx.containers.Accordion > mx.containers.ViewStack > mx.controls.DateChooser > mx.controls.NumericStepper > mx.controls.Button > mx.controls.DateField > mx.controls.PopUpMenuButton > mx.controls.ComboBox > mx.controls.TextInput > mx.controls.TextArea > mx.controls.Tree > mx.controls.listClasses.ListBase (so that would mean all list controls > like List, TileList, DataGrid, etc) > > So your best bet is probably to put together a more complete list of > each component you want to define as having "user input" and then just > check against that list using the "is" test as already mentioned. But > I think the basic answer to your question is no, there's no good way > to do this. > > Doug > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ralf Bokelberg" > <ralf.bokelberg@> wrote: > > > > I guess the only way to do it reliable is to ask for the type. > > You can use if( X instanceof Y) for example > > > > Cheers, > > Ralf. > > > > On 2/6/07, gotgoose09 <thegoosmans@> wrote: > > > > > > No one has done type checking like this before? If not, oh well. :) > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > "gotgoose09" <thegoosmans@> wrote: > > > > > > > > My current code now loops through the children of a container > and adds > > > > an event handler to each one to listen for a "change" event. > > > > > > > > However, I want to only add event handlers to UIComponents that have > > > > some sort of value that the user can change. > > > > > > > > Some examples of these components are: TextInput, ComboBox, > > > > RadioButton, CheckBox, ColorPicker, List, RichTextEditor, etc. > > > > > > > > My current code is something like this: (simplified) > > > > > > > > var component:UIComponent = container.getChildAt(i); > > > > if (component is Container) > > > > { > > > > // add event handlers to the container's children > > > > } > > > > else if (component is UIComponent && "enabled" in component) > > > > { > > > > // add an event handler to component > > > > } > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, this doesn't work for all the various input controls. > > > > e.g. The RichTextEditor is a Container, so the code tries adding > event > > > > handlers to it's children (I want an event handler on the actual > > > > RichTextEditor). > > > > > > > > Is there a reliable way of detecting a user editable control? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ralf Bokelberg <ralf.bokelberg@> > > Flex & Flash Consultant based in Cologne/Germany > > Phone +49 (0) 221 530 15 35 > > >
