Shaun, I'm working on this problem as well for an application that I'm developing. I'll be sure to post here if I come up with something ... but there seems to be no elegant solution.
I'm likely to go the route of using PopUpManager to overlay a copy of my component in the correct spot. Seems kludgey though ... - Sean --- In [email protected], "Shaun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey guys, thanks for the additional suggestions. > > I'm thinking reparenting might involve working through some layout > issues, but would probably work. > > Alex, I assume you mean I should use popupmanager to popup a new > instance of the component and set its location to be on top of first > instance? What if I want to set focus to an arbitrary box that > contains several components - i.e. something arbitrary that I can't > create a new instance of? > > Is there some way to make a popup display an existing displayobject > that I'm not aware of? > > Thanks again! > Shaun > > --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote: > > > > You could popup a copy of the component over the component in > question. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of John Mark Hawley > > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 10:22 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Make a component 'modal' > > > > 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" <sthalberstadt@> > > > 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" <grumpee@> > > > 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 <sthalberstadt@> 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 > > >
