Rick's code isn't working for you? That's weird. I double checked my code, and I'm adding the context menu to the textField's parent component. So I'm not sure what's going on here. What framework/player versions are you using?
- Daniel Freiman On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:07 PM, sbx33 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but when I put this code in > exactly, and right click in the text area, all I see in the context > menu are "Cut", "Copy", "Paste", and "Select All". The only way to see > a context menu with "BAR!" in it, is to click the very edge of the > text area. This really isn't what I'm looking for. I really need to > add menu items to the Cut-Copy-Paste-Select All menu. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Rick > Winscot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > The mechanism for adding a custom context menu item to a standard > context > > menu is the same as adding it to a text sensitive context menu. > > > > 1. Create a context menu > > 2. Create a context menu item > > 3. Add the custom menu item to the context menu > > 4. Associate the context menu with the control (in this case the text > > whatnot control) > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > creationComplete="init();" layout="absolute"> > > > > <mx:Script> > > <![CDATA[ > > > > public function init():void > > { > > var ctx:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu(); > > var mit:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem( "BAR!" ); > > ctx.customItems.push( mit ); > > foo.contextMenu = ctx; > > } > > > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > <mx:TextArea id="foo" x="401" y="249"/> > > </mx:Application> > > > > > > Right click in the text area and - Voila! Foo bar baby! > > > > > > Rick Winscot > > > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On > > Behalf Of sbx33 > > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:44 PM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > 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 flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
