You could try temporarily reparenting the "strong focused" component so it was over everything else in the displayList, then drop a big translucent grey box behind it, set to intercept mouse clicks. That sounds like it should work, eh?
-Mark Hawley > > From: "Shaun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/30 Fri AM 09:08:29 CST > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Make a component 'modal' > > That would work, but it would only disable controls, not give the > greyed out look to the rest of the screen, like the popups do. I > suppose I could do like you say, but instead have the style changed > for the other components... > > but I'm really hoping there's some way to create a magic function > like: > > public static function strongFocus(control:DisplayObject):void > { > ... > } > > that I can call from anywhere and it will grey out and disable mouse > interaction with everything on the stage but the control passed in. > > Am I hoping for too much? > > > > --- In [email protected], "Clint Tredway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > without seeing how you setup your code, here is my suggestion. > > > > Set the parent containers of the other 'components' enabled > attribute to a > > bindable var or even a state, and then when that specific button is > clicked, > > set the var to false or in the case of using states, just change > the state. > > Either way, that should accomplish what you are describing. > > > > HTH, > > Clint > > > > On 30 Mar 2007 07:36:17 -0700, Shaun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Is there any way to make a component modal/hilight it? I would > like to > > > be able to gray out (like when a popup is shown) everything on the > > > screen but a certain component when the user click on a specific > button. > > > > > > Basically I want a popup that's not a popup, but rather sets the > focus > > > on a particular component that is already in the displaylist. > > > > > > Thoughts on the best way to acheive this? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Shaun > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > I am not a diabetic, I have diabetes > > my blog - http://grumpee.instantspot.com/blog > > > > > > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) -- 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/
