I've looked this up online under all kinds of criteria, and I can't seem to get any examples to work.I'm trying to get Flash (AS2) to select all of the text in a dynamic text field once the user focuses on that text field. Below is an example of the code:
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import mx.utils.Delegate;
class Embed extends MovieClip
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I have a simple input box with an on-screen keyboard. When I type into the box using the on-screen keyboard (adding characters to the box programatically) the Selection class overall isn't letting me control the input.I'm assuming this is a scope issue of some sort. The input belongs to one class while the onscreen keyboard belongs to another.Is the Selection glass global or is it class-scoped? Even when I pass a reference from one class to another and request Selection.getCaratIndex() from the class that generated the input it continually returns -1 which is not correct.The kicker is I can make a new AS2 document, put an input box on the screen, add text to it (all programmatically), Selection.setFocus() the input, run Selection.setSelection() to the last index of the input and Selection.getCaratIndex() returns the valid number. So there's something funky going on when classes are involved.
The only way the Selection class is working is if I use a real keyboard or mouse click, then it works fine. This isn't very useful in an on-screen keyboard context however.Are there any mines I should avoid when using the Selection class in an application where multiple other classes are involved? Is Selection really global or should I worry about scope with it?
so here is the problem that I have so far. I tried to simplify my code so I can attempt to figure this out, but I have had absolutely no luck. I have a viewstack that contains 1 dropdown per stack. They share the same data provider. What I want to do is to select the item contents from the first one. Once I do that, when I click a button to the next stack I have a function that searches from index 0 to the dataprovider length and if the item from the first stack matches the second one, I want to have the second dropdown pick that item up and display it. I have it matching, and I try to select it, but when I run the application it shows up like nothing is selected. Here is what I have:
edit: I got it to work for a simple example, but when I attempt to use it in my more complicated example, on that button click it for some reason resets the value of selectedIndex to -1. How do I prevent this from happening? This is working code for the simple example
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I never realized that fl.getDocumentDOM().selection doesn't retain the selection order... <sniff>. I was hoping to build relationships based on the order. I guess I took if for granted that tools like Maya and Max store the selection buffer in order of what was selected. I'm trying to avoid: Select Object, <Press 'Parent' Button>, Select Parent, <Press 'Parent' Button>
View 2 Repliesi am attaching a number of _mc (my_mc) with a for loop. Inside each my_mc is an input textfield (my_txt)I want to click on my_mc.my_txt and select the textfield .the following code allow this and i can enter text from the keyboard however I want to add text from a _mc keybooard on screen (here called myBtn_mc).As soon as I click on myBtn_mc of course I lose focus ... i have tried to use a variable (select) to keep scope&focus
View 6 RepliesI'm creating a mobile app in which I need to show a calendar with months at the top. The months are part of a component that extends from SkinnableDataContainer (and has some custom scrolling/behaviour - which is why I did'nt use a spark list). I need the months to be shown as a 'trapezium' shaped tab and so I'm using a png image as a mask in the item renderer for the component.
When the mask is not applied, it all works well - the months render, the list/data container selection works when I click on a month and so on.When the mask is applied, it renders well, scrolling and everything else seems to work well - but when I click on a month, nothing happens visually. And from the trace statements in my code, it appears list item selection is not changing. Looks like mouse clicks are not working.
Code:
public class TopCalendarMonthRenderer extends LabelItemRenderer {
[Embed(source="/assets/trapezium_alpha.png")]
private static var TrapeziumMask:Class;
private static var trapeziumMaskInstance:BitmapAsset;
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how can i have another color of the selection?? i found nothing by using F1.
View 1 RepliesI am finding that my flash object is not displaying properly in preview or after export. I basically have a long restaurant menu that is 748 wide by 2039 high full of static text. When I preview/export only the top 3/4 of the text are displayed, the lower end portion is blank. This text field is layered on top of a background jpg, which lies of top of the stage. I've made sure the stage's dimension covers exactly everything. My footer shows up properly, as well as the stage itself. Its just the lower portion of texts that is the problem.I should also mention that the height selection is grayed out with this text field I have. I tried creating a new smaller text field but again, its grayed out.
View 3 Replieshow to keep a button highlighted after it is selected?My navigation list is gray, when I select a navigation button, I have it turn orange and go to that scene/page once I roll off the button it goes back to gray. I would like it to stay orange.
View 1 RepliesTrying to get a square to change to different shapes when you select a button from the menu, it changes from one size to the next. Can anyone help me find a way to get this done, I am more on the designer side of the board but trying to do the back ground work. It need to change shape back and forth no matter which button is selected, without it looking like there is a hitch in the morphing of the square
View 8 RepliesI dont know whats up with this... but all of a sudden today, in my flash cs4 (mac and PC versions) When i go to open a fla in flash to work on it, i select a text box... in the properties window under position and size --- HIEGHT-(selection hieght) value is grayed out... I opened fla's that i had don before but this also now affects them as well. I tried opening on my PC .. now it does the same thing. Every file i open now.. when i got to the properties of a text box ... the height values are grayed out. I am using Palatino roman font... in a simple text box. Position and size:
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I have read several posting on this site and others. I can't seem to find the right solution to get my combo box to work. I am publishing for Flash player 10 and AS 2. The final file will be imported into a Articulate/PPT file.
I am simulating a form that my audience needs to fill out. For 2 text fields, I am using a combo box to allow them to select the proper input. If they leave the form screen, I need to save their answers so they do not have to start from the beginning. I am using global variables.
My problem occurs, when I try to populate the combo box using the audience's previously selected response. I have tried using setSelectedIndex. It works to the extent that the choice indicated highlights in the combo box, but the actual selection is not appearing in the text area. Do I need to set Combobox.text = selection?
ArrayCollection with multiple filter functions i want to do chain selection datagrid which means consider two textinput seaech name and age if i searched a name and get a result if i search a age the result in a datagrid should be respective to the searched name
View 1 RepliesI am trying to use setSelection on a TextField in an air 2.7 for ios app. But the selection is not set and the keyboard does not appear. I understand that the 2.7 version encourages using the requestSoftKeyboard but this method is not supported on ios devices.
View 1 RepliesI want to disable (and look disabled) some rows in a spark datagrid. I found this answer to stop selection which is greatIn flex, is there a way to capture and optionally cancel a row selection event in a DataGrid?
But I want in addition to show that the particular row is not selectable. Ideally I want to have some sort of overlay but I am not sure if that is possible. My alternative solution is to change the text color to grey for the unselectable row. Looking at the datagrid renders they all seem to be column based. I looked at skinning potentially (overriding the alternating color property) but this just sets the background property and not the text color.
I'm creating a flash login page that requires a username & password. I need the username field (an input field from the component library) to be automatically selected on entering the frame but cannot get the "Selection.setFocus" to run on entering the frame, or even using a setTimeout (name, 100) I can, however, get the function to run on clicking a button.
View 1 Repliesduplicate selection and transform is not working in flash professional cs5. transformation point automatically comes to its original point.
View 1 Repliesam currently building a gallery using loadclip method and unload movie method for my external swf.. i have no problem switching external swf by clicking on my image humbnail. but i have no idea how to create a next and previous button for this structure.below is the code to load my external swf.
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stop();
import mx.transitions.Tween;
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I am new to Flash and this forum, so please excuse what will hopefully be a simple question.I am using Flash to build an interactive video kiosk for a museum that will be playing on a MacMini. it possible to create buttons or "scripts" that can be controlled with keystrokes? For example when you press "K" an embedded video will start playing. Or if you press "D", you could go back to the main menu? I am trying to make it so you can interact with flash via push-buttons, as opposed to moving a cursor over virtual buttons. Is this possible? would normally do this in DVD Studio Pro, but the sheer number of videos will not work in a single DVD project, so Flash is the only option I can think of. As a DVD it works great because I can use the arrow keys to navigate, and the enter key to choose a selection.
View 2 RepliesI'm having a problem with a tutorial i have been following to create a website. I followed the whole tutoril through until i get a problem at the final steps.Here is the tutorialQuote:49. after you have typed everything you wanted on the diffrent squares now its time to make it all work. what you need to do is to click on the blue square ontop of the �home button� dont double click it just select it. afte you have it selected press (F9) this will bring up the the actionscript window type the following
on(press){
gotoAndStop(�home�);
}
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I have a populated list component with multiple selection enabled, on pressing a button i want to know all of the selections that have been selected. Instead i can only find the .getSelectedItem() thing, which only tells me the last selected thing. How would i do what i want to do?
Also, another thing. If i want to select a specific index of the list, how do i do that? I have tried
'_root.roomsAvailableList.index(i).label'
'_root.roomsAvailableList(i).label'
etc. non seem to work.
If I have movieclips called "test1", "test2" and "test3" in the _root, I can use:
for(i = 1; i <= 3; i++){
_root['test'+i]._x = 100;
}
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In Flash CS3 is there any way to scale a large number of symbols (each on their own layer) at the same time, about each symbols own center. For example after scaling down, every symbol is smaller but it's x,y position has not changed.
View 1 RepliesI am a pro user but I have never seen something like this. When I'm trying to select several frames on 4 layers, the selection dissapear! I can't finish my work, I didn't change any preferences, nothing i changed mouse - the same. There is no info in the Internet about this error Did u meet that bug before?
View 1 RepliesI have map of the world (in photoshop) where each continent is in separate layer and separate coloured. How can I make link in flash of each continent. I want mouse hover over the exact colour (continent). My problem is that mouse hover always over the whole selection box of object (whole rectangle).
View 1 RepliesI have made a flash player that get the movie from a seperate server. There are also some slideshows that depending on time in the movie chances so the pictures are relevant with what you are watching., this pictures chanses with the from a xml file. I would now also like a Combobox that works as a chapter selecter. I have "made" the combobox and the text that i have in the xml shows up however now i cant get the combobox to work
View 5 RepliesIn photoshop, you can create a path with the pen tool and then make that path a selection as if you'd used the lasso tool. How do you turn a pen path into a lasso selection in Flash (CS4)?
View 2 RepliesI've made a little program that enables you to resize a box on the screenIt's made up of 4 squares and when you move one sqaure the others move so that it still forms a box But when i move the square moderately quickly the box's all seem to lagHere is my code for moving one box
var tl:Sprite = new Sprite();
var tr:Sprite = new Sprite();
var bl:Sprite = new Sprite();
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duplicate selection and transform is not working in flash professional cs5. transformation point automatically comes to its original point.
View 3 RepliesI have 4 items on the stage item1_mc, item2_mc, etc...they're stacked vertically with a small space between them. I wish to cycle through these items with two keys, up and down respectively...My current idea is to create an array of these items and have each press of the key add or subtract "1" from the current selection..
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