Thanks for the reply, it got me going in the right direction.
Instead of my original code, I simply overrode DataField's
focusInHandler (actually implemented in ComboBase) and changed the
line:
fm.defaultButtonEnabled = false;
to
fm.defaultButtonEnabled = true;
Now pressing ENTER in the DateField works, with one caveat. When the
date picker is up, ENTER should only make the picker close. This
case is being checked currently in ComboBase.keyDownHandler, and I
was expecting the existing call in that function to
event.stopPropogation (after checking the picker is up and closing
it) would stop the ENTER key from being process by the focus sub-
system. It does not apparently. I also tried overriding it and
changing it to event.stopImmediatePropogation for the heck of it, but
it does the same thing.
What is going on here and any ideas how I can make it eat the event
from the focusManager point of view when the picker is up?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> defaultButtonEnabled also need to be changed.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of rkettrey
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:24 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] DateField FlexEvent.ENTER Event?
>
>
>
> TextInput controls will broadcast the FlexEvent.ENTER event when
the
> enter key is pressed to simulate the default button being pressed
for a
> form.
>
> I'd like this same thing to happen on my DateFields. I know that
> DateField wants to handle the enter key to do its parsing and
closing
> of the "drop down" (inherits from ComboBase for the date picker),
which
> is fine. If it is only handling parsing, though, I would like the
> control to broadcast the enter event.
>
> After looking at what the TextInput does, I overrode the
keyDownHandler
> function in DateField where it handles the ENTER key. At the end of
> the ENTER key handling scope I added:
>
> dispatchEvent(new FlexEvent(FlexEvent.ENTER));
>
> Everything compiles and it appears to broadcast the event. However,
> the default button handling does not occur.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
