What I'm making is a simple tool similar to a flowchart, where people can drag objects onto the canvas, then drag arrows too, to connect the first objects. I got it so that they could rotate the arrows using the cursor keys on the keyboard, but as soon as the browser is deactivated, this doesn't work anymore when you come back.
I guess I have to try another approach. Isn't there a hope that people might program games in Flex? If so, I'd think that keyboard support would be essential, at least for some games. Thanks, Jack --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > graphical things haven't been the main focus of Flex, but system > security is tantamount and the player doesn't want to allow you to sniff > keystrokes from other applications so when you lose activation lots of > things may stop working. I've marked this to try in a simple testcase, > but it may be a while before we get around to it. > > -Alex > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of jack_freud > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:59 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: keypress stops working after browser loses > focus > > > > Not sure I understand. I'm clicking in it to make sure it has focus. > In fact I tried adding activate and deactivate handlers for the > container, and in the activate I add the keydown listener. Tracing > shows that the activate event fired, but the keydown event never > shows up again. > > I'm surprised this doesn't work... how can you use flex to do > graphical things with the keyboard if you can't listen to it? > > Thanks for responding, > Jack > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > , "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote: > > > > I don't know if we can solve that one, especially in all browsers. > > Usually when the browser becomes active the player instance still > > doesn't have focus. And once you give it focus, it may have > forgotten > > its repeat state. Keyboard related stuff is a topic of discussion > at > > Adobe these days. > > > > -Alex > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > ] On > > Behalf Of jack_freud > > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:26 AM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: keypress stops working after browser > loses > > focus > > > > > > > > For what it's worth, I meant keydown. > > > > Still stuck! > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com> > > , "jack_freud" <jack_web@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm using keypress events to rotate a sprite on a canvas. It > works > > > fine until you click on some other window on your desktop, then > come > > > back to the browser. Then you can click on things with no > problem > > but > > > the keypress event stops firing. > > > > > > I'm listening for the event in the container, as I couldn't find > a > > way > > > to give my sprite component focus itself. > > > > > > Any help would be much appreciated! > > > > > > Jack > > > > > >
