What are you using the endEdit for? You should just let the DG call it when you change editedItemPosition.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike_Robinson_98 Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 9:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Keyboarding up/down editable columns in Datagrid --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Mike_Robinson_98" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Manish Jethani" > <manish.jethani@> wrote: > > > > On 5/8/07, Mike_Robinson_98 <mike_robinson_98@> wrote: > > > Has anyone come up with a good way to let a user move up/down in an > > > editable column of a datagrid using the keyboard? These columns use a > > > TextInput as the itemEditor. > > > > > > Right now I use a handler for the keyFocusChangeEvent on the datagrid > > > to handle TAB and Shift-TAB keys to move horizontally through the > > > rows. However, moving up/down in the columns is more difficult because > > > the editor's TextInput captures the Return key and the > > > TextFieldAutomationHelper class captures all the other interesting > > > keystrokes (navigation keys like UP and DOWN arrows) and it seems the > > > DataGrid is only interested in the TAB key when it handles focusChange > > > events. > > > > This simple test worked for me: > > > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " > > xmlns="*"> > > <mx:DataGrid id="dg" editable="true" keyDown="handleKeyDown()"> > > <mx:dataProvider> > > <mx:Object name="foo" value="1" /> > > <mx:Object name="bar" value="2" /> > > </mx:dataProvider> > > </mx:DataGrid> > > <mx:Script> > > private function handleKeyDown():void > > { > > var v:Object = dg.editedItemPosition; > > v.rowIndex++; > > dg.editedItemPosition = v; > > } > > </mx:Script> > > </mx:Application> > > > > Use the down arrow key to move from foo to bar. > > > Thanks a lot for the reply. That is a nice, simple solution. > > I have one more slight problem along this line maybe you could shed > some light on. In my app, I use the endEdit function for the datagrid. > Unfortunately, although I move the focus to the column in the new row, > the endEdit code gets call after this focus occurs and consequently > focus is lost. I have tried 'callLater' for the focus method but have > the same result. Even, setup a timer to delay the focus for 200 ms. > Still endedit come along and focus is lost. Have you or any other > reader run into this issue? > Another note - actually, the setting of the focus is what is causing the endedit event for the previous cell. Seems like a catch-22. Setting the focus caused the endevent for the previous cell which then causes the current cell to lose focus. Again, I am probably making things too complex.
