Which skin are you using for the TextInput? The default spark textinput skin? The mobile textinput skin? Or ScrollingStageTextInput ?
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Erik J. Thomas <e...@linqto.com> wrote: > I spent the better part of a day trying to solve for an annoying user > experience with TextInput on mobile devices (Apple). > > If a TextInput or TextArea input field is located in the top 50% of the > display area, and a setFocus() call on the input field is made, the soft > keyboard displays and the input cursor is visible (all is well). But *if > the input field is where it would be obscured by the soft keyboard (lower > half of the display), Flex moves the content up so the input field is > visible (nice feature), but the input cursor disappears.* > > I have tried many workarounds, all failing: > > > - Using callLater to call a function that sets the input focus a > second time. > - Listening for soft keyboard events and then setting input focus > again. > - Setting kludge timer to wait after the soft keyboard is activated > and set focus to the control again after waiting a variety of different > durations. > > > My latest idea is to try scrolling the content up myself so I know the > input field is visible BEFORE setting focus so the input cursor will always > be visible, but operations on the scroller don't give me the ability to > place the input field exactly above the soft keyboard. *Before I go down > the road of firing an event from the ItemRenderer that the parent view with > the scroller can react to I wondered if there is a known solution that's > less work.* > > Anyone found a good workaround for this obvious bug in Flex (or perhaps > AIR)? BTW, I ran into this bug the first time about 5 years ago and worked > around it by placing input fields in the top 50% of the display area, but > in this case, my content is scrolling so I cannot do that. I was surprised > to see this bug has never been fixed. > > For more detail read on... > > My design is a Facebook-ish social app (for one view) with scrolling > content: > > > > > When the user taps Comment and the input field is in the lower half of the > device's display area, Flex moves the content up enough for the input field > to be visible above the soft keyboard, but the input cursor never displays: > > > Thanks so much for your suggestions! > > Erik > > > > >
