Yep, try that:
<s:RichText
text="SELECT ME"
/>
It doesn't work ;) RichSelectableText could also inherit from RichText ...
RichSelectableText < RichText
... In this case RichEditableText would not need to be changed because it
inherits from UIComponent.
Sincerely Yours,
Sebastian Mohr
Apache Flex Developer (PPMC),
Interaction Designer & Musician
http://www.linkedin.com/in/masuland
On Nov 20, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Maxime Cowez wrote:
> I'll correct myself ;)
> RichText doesn't appear to be selectable.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Maxime Cowez <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't RichText do what you describe?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Sebastian Mohr
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> In a few projects I need the text to be selectable but not editable.
>>> Therefore, I usually create a RichSelectableText-Component [1]
>>> that should help me achieving this task. Obviously, this approach
>>> is not optimal because it's extending from RichEditableText to block
>>> functionality from its superclass.
>>>
>>> What about splitting up the functionality of RichEditableText into 2
>>> classes? The proposed new inheritance chain could look like this:
>>>
>>> RichEditableText < RichSelectableText < UIComponent
>>>
>>> If this proposal is not suitable, would you see a better way?
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely Yours,
>>>
>>> Sebastian Mohr
>>> Apache Flex Developer (PPMC),
>>> Interaction Designer & Musician
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/masuland
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] RichEditableText-Component:
>>>
>>> package spark.components
>>> {
>>> import spark.components.RichEditableText;
>>>
>>> public class RichSelectableText extends RichEditableText
>>> {
>>> public function RichSelectableText()
>>> {
>>> super();
>>>
>>> editable = false;
>>> }
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
