I got it working. The final solution is: 1. override focusInHandler leave defaultButtonEnabled = true 2. when the drop down (date picker in this case) is shown, set defaultButtonEnabled = false when it is shown, true otherwise
Just my opinion, but I think this should have been the implementation for ComboBase to begin with. The only reason I can see wanting to disable the defaut button is so that when a drop down (date picker or list) is displayed, ENTER works against that drop down. Otherwise, ENTER should cause default button processing. Anyway my change makes it work this way now. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "rkettrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" <aharui@> 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? > > >
