That's worth a try. It will probably tonight or tomorrow b4 I can get to
it but I'll post the results here. Thanks for the info.
--- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Maybe. If you force too many updates on the DG, it might close out
the
> edit session. It might be worth trying it w/o your endEdit logic to
see
> if that is causing the focus issue.
>
> If on some keystroke you simply set editedItemPosition, the code says
> that it will dispatch ITEM_EDIT_END before trying to set the editor to
> the new place.
>
> -Alex
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
> Behalf Of Mike_Robinson_98
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:43 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Keyboarding up/down editable columns in
> Datagrid
>
>
>
> I need to handle the endEdit event to do some data massaging on the
> input as well as update other values based on that input value.
> Besides, it seems to me that the end result would be the same whether
I
> handled endEdit or the DG handled endEdit, that is losing of focus in
> the new cell. Yes?
>
> --- In [email protected]
<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> , "Alex Harui" aharui@ wrote:
> >
> > What are you using the endEdit for? You should just let the DG call
> it
> > when you change editedItemPosition.
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: [email protected]
<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> ]
> On
> > Behalf Of Mike_Robinson_98
> > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 9:02 PM
> > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Keyboarding up/down editable columns in
> > Datagrid
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected]
> <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > , "Mike_Robinson_98"
> > mike_robinson_98@ wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected]
> <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <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>
> > <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.
> >
>
