yup that one worked. almost fell off my chair when it did. Now i have to figure out a way to move the canvas when i scroll off the view so that the offscreen buttons are visible when I tab.
--- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can try storing every child in an array and scanning the array > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Corey Smaller > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 11:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: keyboard up down navigating > > > > hmm, i am getting the event.currentTarget.x and y coordinates but how > to move the focus up or down to other targets? each new button object > created has the same var name so it just goes to the very last one > created. I tried using a counter for assigning var names but that > gives me an error, I also tried by ID and by Name to no avail either. > I am so close. get this one and win a free fruit basket. > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote: > > > > I think you'll have to keep your own list of focusable objects and > sort > > them by x,y then call setFocus on the right one. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > ] On > > Behalf Of Corey Smaller > > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:53 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] keyboard up down navigating > > > > > > > > I need to have my app keyboard navigatable with the up/down/left/right > > arrows. I have the left/right arrow assignments working but the > > up/down not so much. > > I am also using the constraintRows and constraintColumns instead of > > the deprecated Grid class. I want to navigate to the object > > above/below the Focused object (which means changing rows) but I dont > > get how to do it. > > Does anyone have any idea? > > > > here is the method: > > //this method is the keyboard navigation > > private function key_check(event:KeyboardEvent):void{ > > //right > > if(event.keyCode==39){ > > focusManager.getNextFocusManagerComponent().setFocus() > > } > > //left > > if(event.keyCode==37){ > > focusManager.getNextFocusManagerComponent(true).setFocus() > > } > > //enter > > if(event.keyCode==13){ > > popUpNav(); > > } > > //UP > > if(event.keyCode ==38){ > > trace(event.currentTarget.parent ); > > var testU:Number = event.currentTarget.id -5; > > var testa:String = testU.toString(); > > //focusManager.setFocus(mainCanvas.prog5); > > } > > //DOWN > > if(event.keyCode ==40){ > > //focusManager. > > } > > } > > >
