Yep, my bad. As Jonathan points out, this should be enterState instead
of onEnter (grr).
<mx:State name="editing" enterState="localeEditor.myTextBox.setFocus()
">
-TH
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Hoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi João,
>
> This is kind of a hack, but you could try:
>
> <mx:State name="editing" onEnter="localeEditor.myTextBox.setFocus() ">
>
> If you used this, you would want to execute the setFocus code on
> creationComplete of the editor; for the first time that the editor is
> shown. Instead of useing states for something like this though, you
> might want to consider using a ViewSTack instead. For those the "show"
> event, in conjunction with creationComplete, would work; when changing
> the container's selectedIndex.
>
> -TH
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, João joao.saleiro@ wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a:
> >
> > - Container with two states ( "" and "editing")
> > - A view (LocaleEditor.mxml) that is shown when the container
changes
> > to the state "editing":
> >
> > <mx:states>
> > <mx:State name="editing" >
> > <mx:RemoveChild target="{listaDeLocales}"/>
> > <mx:AddChild relativeTo="{gestorDeLinguas}" position="lastChild">
> > <ns1:LocaleEditor id="localeEditor"/>
> > </mx:AddChild>
> > </mx:State>
> > </mx:states>
> >
> > I need my view to execute some code when it is shown
> > (myTextBox.setFocus() ). I have tried the creationComplete event,
but
> > the view is only created on the first time the state changes, the
next
> > times this event is not dispatched. I have tried the AddedToStage,
but
> > it throws a runtime error with the myTextBox.setFocus() code . I
have
> > tried the "show" event, but it simply doesn't work.
> >
> > Which event should I rely on to execute the "myTextBox.setFocus()"
> > when the user sees the view?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > João Saleiro
> >
>
