Sounds like a good time to break out your SDK sandbox :) 2009/3/16 Rick Winscot <rick.wins...@zyche.com>
> Even the PopUpManager suffers to a degree. As modules are loaded there > seems to be some confusion as to which FocusManager they belong... as you > press TAB focus will jump from one module to another as if they were > connected. You can get around this by forcibly triggering > activate/deactivate operations on the modules FocusManager --- as stated in > the comments in FocusManager.as: > > “The SystemManager activates and deactivates a FocusManager if more than > one IFocusManagerContainer is visible at the same time. If the mouse is > clicked in an IFocusManagerContainer with a deactivated FocusManager, the > SystemManager will call the activate() method on that FocusManager. The > FocusManager that was activated will have its deactivate() method called > prior to the activation of another FocusManager.” > > I’ll attach a sample project to the issue for clarity. > > Rick Winscot > > > On 3/14/09 1:42 PM, "aceoohay" <pa...@compuace.com> wrote: > > > > > Yes, Alex has been very generous with his time offline, and I will be > trying his popup approach. > > However I believe the popup solution is a hack in the perjorative sense. I > believe that the flex language should allow at a minimum the ability to > define a separate tab loop for each module. > > Paul > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>> > , Alex Harui <aha...@...> wrote: > > > > Paul and I have discussed off line. He's got a bunch of module panels > that we wants to overlap and drag around the screen and have tabbing stay > within which ever panel was clicked in and moved on top of the others. Flex > has all of this built-in. Once he gets his modules popped up, he should be > all set. > > > > Alex Harui > > Flex SDK Developer > > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/> > > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> < > mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>> ] On > Behalf Of jim.abbott45 > > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:21 PM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>> > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: FocusManager fun... Tab Loops redux > > > > > > Feeling less than ecstatic? Then please VOTE for fixing of bug #16897. > > > > See: https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-16897 > > > > --Jim > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>> > , "aceoohay" <pauls@> wrote: > > > > > > Alex: > > > > > > Neither of these options are practical in the real world (at least my > world) since we have over 135 modules currently, and up to 10 can be loaded > at any one time. We cannot have the cursor willy nilly hopping from module > to module going to panels that are partially obscured by other panels, etc. > > > > > > Does the mx.managers.FocusManager allow the ability to establish > multiple tab loops within a single application? > > > > > > If so, how can this be used to define a tab loop for a single > container? > > > > > > If not, is there anything that will allow defining a tab loop for a > container?! With multiple tab loops available on the stage at one time. The > user can use the mouse to jump from module to module. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>> > , Alex Harui aharui@ wrote: > > > > > > > > Setting tabEnabled on anything you don't want to have focus is one > answer. So is non-modal popups. > > > > > > > > Alex Harui > > > > Flex SDK Developer > > > > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/> > > > > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com < > mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>> [ > mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> < > mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>> ] On > Behalf Of aceoohay > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:00 AM > > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>> > > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: FocusManager fun... Tab Loops redux > > > > > > > > > > > > Alex: > > > > > > > > Let me restate my primary question; > > > > > > > &! gt; "...has anyone else tried to create a flex component with ! a > separa te tab loop, if so how did you make it work?" > > > > > > > > Since the documentation seems to indicate that FocusManager will > allow multiple tab loops that was the approach I was investigating. > > > > > > > > My primary goal, irrespective of how I do it is to create what I call > a "tab domain." Whatever it is called, what I need is the ability to define > a captive group of objects from which focus will never leave by pressing the > tab key. > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald - j...@joshmcdonald.info - http://twitter.com/sophistifunk - http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/
