I was hoping to hear that Adobe was already pursuing this issue. It would require a bit of coordination to establish an acceptable level of security from a browser implementation standpoint, but seeing as flash content is so pervasive, shouldn't be out of the question. I think it's one of those things that Adobe would have to put its weight behind, honestly.
On Nov 27, 2007 12:18 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > plugins are at the mercy of the browser. Maybe enough of you can > pressure Mozilla and MS and others to provide better functionality for > plugins. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Brent Dearth > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:23 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Re: Application container failed to capture > KeyboardEvent > > I know this is a long-standing issue, but are there any developments in > the works to prevent this sort of behaviour? I know there are work-arounds > to Flash being able to obtain focus programmatically, such as using > ExternalInterface calls from Javascript to pass keyboard events. However, > stuff like that has always struck me as hacky. > > In an ideal world, the Flash plugin would have the authority to demand > focus and receive programmatic focus across all browsers. > > > > On Nov 26, 2007 3:37 PM, Alex Harui < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nope, the browsers always steal focus. > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] ] > > *On Behalf Of *zhongtie > > *Sent:* Monday, November 26, 2007 9:02 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: Application container failed to capture > > KeyboardEvent > > > > Thanks Alex. That works! > > > > When I switch to another application and then switch back, my all > > flash application loses the focus and no event fires at all unless I > > click somewhere in it. Is there any way around it? > > > > Tie > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Alex > > Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > No children of the Application have focus, so there are no events to > > > capture. If you listen to the stage, you'll see everything. The app is > > > not the top-level displayobject so your handlers will not pick up > > events > > > from popups either. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>[mailto:[email protected]<flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] > > On > > > Behalf Of zhongtie > > > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 6:22 PM > > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Application container failed to capture > > > KeyboardEvent > > > > > > > > > > > > My simple flex app somehow doesn't respond to key event, but mouse > > > events work fine. Any ideas? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Tie > > > > > > --- src code --- > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml > > > <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml > " > > > layout="absolute" > > > keyDown="onEvent(event)" > > > mouseDown="onEvent(event)"> > > > <mx:Script> > > > <![CDATA[ > > > protected function onEvent(e:Event):void { > > > trace(e.type); > > > } > > > ]]> > > > </mx:Script> > > > </mx:Application> > > > > > > > > >
