Yeah, I was thinking this too, however the TextField contained within the TextArea can only be accessed through a protected var. So I guess I could extend TextArea, and provide a public method to access this property, but I really don't want to do this if I don't have to. :(
--- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You might have to make sure the context menu is set on the internal > TextField. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of sbx33 > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Right click context menus > > > > Unfortunately, I'm not sure what to even try. If anyone else has any > ideas, please let me know. Thanks! > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "Daniel Freiman" <FreimanCQ@> wrote: > > > > I can't find where in my code I am doing it, but I am. I don't > remember > > caring about the distinction between the two types of context menus. > So > > just try it and it will probably work. > > > > - Daniel Freiman > > > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:46 PM, sbx33 <sbx33@> wrote: > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > Per the Flex documentation: > > > > > > "Flash Player has three types of context menus: the standard menu > > > (which appears when you right-click in Flash Player), the edit menu > > > (which appears when you right-click a selectable or editable text > > > field), and an error menu (which appears when a SWF file has failed > to > > > load into Flash Player). Only the standard and edit menus can be > > > modified with the ContextMenu class." > > > > > > I have been able to add custom menu items to the "standard menu" > > > however, I'm wondering if anyone knows how to add custom menu items > to > > > the "edit menu" on a flex component, such as a TextArea. > > > > > > The code I am using to add items to the "standard menu" is: > > > > > > var newCM:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu(); > > > var newCMI:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("New Item"); > > > newCM.customItems.push(newCMI); > > > > > > TIA! > > > > > > -Mac > > > > > > > > > > > >
