Hey Gordon, you seem to have a knack for explaining
things very
clearly and concisely. Any chance we'll see tutorials or a book from
you at some point? I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Thanks,
Ben
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com,
"Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Below is an example of forcing text input to uppercase as the user types
> it.
>
>
>
> The trick is to handle the 'textInput' event, which is dispatched after
> the user presses a key but before the new text appears in the TextArea
> (or TextInput, or TextField). This is a cancelable event, which means
> that you can call event.preventDefault() to prevent the system from
> doing the default handling of this event;. For this event, calling
> preventDefault() means that the TextArea won't process the keystroke.
> Instead you process it yourself by uppercasing it, inserting it in the
> appropriate place in the TextArea's text string, and setting the
> insertion point to be after the new uppercase character.
>
>
>
> - Gordon
>
>
>
>
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>
> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
>
> <mx:Script>
>
> <![CDATA[
>
>
>
> private function
> textInputHandler(event:TextEvent):void
>
> {
>
> event.preventDefault();
>
>
>
> var textArea:TextArea =
> TextArea(event.target);
>
> var oldText:String =
> textArea.text;
>
> var before:String =
> oldText.substring(0, textArea.selectionBeginIndex);
>
> var after:String =
> oldText.substring(textArea.selectionEndIndex);
>
> var newText:String =
> event.text.toUpperCase();
>
> var
> newInsertionOffset:int = (before + newText).length;
>
>
>
> textArea.text = before +
> newText + after;
>
>
> textArea.setSelection(newInsertionOffset, newInsertionOffset);
>
>
>
> }
>
> ]]>
>
> </mx:Script>
>
> <mx:TextArea id="ti" textInput="textInputHandler(event)"/>
>
> </mx:Application>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com
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On
> Behalf Of brankosli
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 4:14 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Text Area question
>
>
>
> I have tried
> item.text = item.text.toUpperCase().and implemented on textArea
> component but is seems to change all previous typing to upperCase
> and that wasn't my need.I need to be able to change case when I type
> new line.Maybe the other solution will help but I hope that there is
> some other easier way to do that.
>
> If You have some idea please type it.....
>
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com
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> , "Karl Johnson" <karl.johnson@>
> wrote:
> >
> > You probably can not turn on CAPS Lock from your flex app,
> probably a
> > bit of a security risk. I doubt the flash player has access and/or
> > allows flash apps to get access to do that (correct me if I am
> wrong).
> >
> > If you need to ensure that everything they type is in all CAPS,
> then
> > just set the text value like this:
> > item.text = item.text.toUpperCase(). Or another possible way is to
> > listen on the keypress and convert it as they press. I guess you
> could
> > also listen on the change event and convert it then, but it might
> be a
> > bit laggy with fast typing.
> >
> > Hope that helps some, feel free to reply back if you need more
> help with
> > it.
> >
> > Karl
> >
> > Cynergy Systems, Inc.
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
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>
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com
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> ] On
> > Behalf Of brankosli
> > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 2:39 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com
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> > Subject: [flexcoders] Text Area question
> >
> >
> >
> > I will be more that thankful if someone could solve my problem.I'm
> > working with textArea component and I have 2 questions:
> >
> > I need to know if there is any possibility to fix left and right
> margin
> > in textArea component?
> > And also I need to know if there is possibility to turn on and off
> > capsLock by coding not by pressing keyboard?
> >
>
