Any class that inherits from InteractiveObject has a contextMenu property that allows you to build a custom context menu for that particular item. See the Flex docs for specifics.
myTextArea.contextMenu = new ContextMenu(); myTextArea.contextMenu.hideBuiltInItems(); var defaultItems:ContextMenuBuiltInItems = myTextArea.contextMenu.builtInItems; defaultItems.print = false; ... Jeff -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cesarerocchi Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:13 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Right click context menus This code is not working for me. Flex 3, tried both player 9 and 10. -c. > 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" <rick.winscot@> > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf- 1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
