[flexcoders] Re: Which event is dispatched when the view is shown by a stage change?

2008-06-27 Thread Tim Hoff 

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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

[flexcoders] Re: Which event is dispatched when the view is shown by a stage change?

2008-06-27 Thread Tim Hoff 

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

[flexcoders] Re: Which event is dispatched when the view is shown by a stage change?

2008-06-27 Thread João 
Hi Jonathan, 

thanks for your great post!

About the two solutions, I don't like both, but having to choose I
would go with the first one. In the way I see it, the component should
never know where he's in. The component should only know now I'm
visible... now I'm not, and react to that. Both solutions are hacks.
The Flex SDK should have a proper solution for this problem. Maybe I
should file this as a feature request on the Adobe JIRA?

Thanks,

João Saleiro