I tried selectRange. Did not help.I will also try valueCommit. But, how come switching applications help to highlight?
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: > selectRange should select all the text. But there might be other code > running after your code that resets the selected range so the real trick > may be getting your code to run last. > > On 3/13/14 10:53 AM, "mark goldin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Right, but the thing is that the selected item is getting highlighted with > >no additional code - just switch to another Windows program and then > >switch > >back to Browser with the Flex application. So, I am afraid no matter how > >and where I add code it wont work until I place a focus on some other > >control and then bring it back to my combo. > > > > > >On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> The ComboBox itself should dispatch a valueCommit event if the text is > >> changed via drop-down selection. > >> > >> On 3/13/14 10:44 AM, "mark goldin" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> >I see. But what I am after is to highlight a text when an item is > >> >selected. > >> >No matter what I do the selected item is not highlighted. However, > >> >switching between any Windows application and Flex will highlight it. > >>So, > >> >it's about positioning a focus somewhere and then place it back to the > >> >combo. Any thoughts? > >> > > >> >Thanks > >> > > >> > > >> >On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> If you choose from the drop down, the textInput is programmatically > >> >> modified so no change notification event is dispatched. > >> >> > >> >> On 3/13/14 9:37 AM, "mark goldin" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >I have the following code to accomplish what is says in the title: > >> >> > > >> >> >override protected function childrenCreated():void > >> >> >{ > >> >> >super.childrenCreated(); > >> >> >textInput.addEventListener("change", onValueChange, false, 0, true); > >> >> >} > >> >> >private function onValueChange(event:Event):void > >> >> >{ > >> >> >textInput.selectRange(0, textInput.text.length); > >> >> >} > >> >> > > >> >> >The listener is not called when I use a mouse to change a value. But > >> >>if I > >> >> >type in it does fire. > >> >> >Not sure what would the difference be. Any idea? > >> >> > > >> >> >Thanks > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >
