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From: Maurice Amsellem <maurice.amsellem@systar.com>
To: "users@flex.apache.org" <users@flex.apache.org>
Subject: RE: No Prompt in TextInput when layoutDirection set to RTL (Mobile)
Thread-Topic: No Prompt in TextInput when layoutDirection set to RTL (Mobile)
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Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:52:25 +0000
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Hi Ori, after investigating a little, it seems that RTL is not supported in=
 Flex mobile apps:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/mobileapps/WS19f279b149e7481c698e85712b301=
1fe73-7fff.html#WS19f279b149e7481c7c94ce7c12b30152f48-7ffc
Specs:  http://sourceforge.net/adobe/flexsdk/wiki/Mobile%20Text%20Component=
s=20
 >http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WS02f7d8d4857b1677-165a04e1126951a=
2d98-7ffe.html=20
>http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WS02f7d8d4857b1677-165a04e1126951a2=
d98-7ffd.html=20

This is because for performance reasons, mobile apps use TextField and subc=
lasses, which do not support bidi, wherease FTE/TFL does.

However, doing some more tests shows that RTL alphabets (Arabic or Hebrew) =
can actually be displayed, but RTL layout is not supported.

This is to say that it's not just a problem with TextInput prompt text. It'=
s the whole thing that is not working.

Do you get the same behavior in your app?

That being said, I think RTL support in mobile apps could be fixed, but it =
requires some work.

You could open a "New feature" JIRA on that (Support for RTL layout in mobi=
le app) and vote on it.=20

Maurice=20

-----Message d'origine-----
De=A0: Ori 007 [mailto:ori007@gmail.com]=20
Envoy=E9=A0: vendredi 21 mars 2014 22:02
=C0=A0: users@flex.apache.org
Objet=A0: Re: No Prompt in TextInput when layoutDirection set to RTL (Mobil=
e)

Jira:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-34181

Thanks.


On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Maurice Amsellem < maurice.amsellem@systa=
r.com> wrote:

> Ori, I have reproduced the issue. Could you please create a JIRA=20
> ticket, as this is something new.
>
> Note that both ScrollingStageTextInputSkin and StageTextInputSkin are=20
> impacted (same code) but TextInputSkin also has the issue.
>
> Maurice
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Ori 007 [mailto:ori007@gmail.com] Envoy=E9 : vendredi 21 mars 2014=20
> 10:14 =C0 : users@flex.apache.org Objet : No Prompt in TextInput when=20
> layoutDirection set to RTL (Mobile)
>
> Hi Maurice,
>
> How are you?
>
> I have a serious bug that I can not find a solution.
> When layoutDirection set to RTL to Textinput the prompt text does not=20
> appear.
>
> In LTR it's works fine.
>
> Do you have any advice or quick fix to the problem?
>
>
> Code Example:
> <?xml version=3D"1.0" encoding=3D"utf-8"?> <s:Application=20
> xmlns:fx=3D"http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
>    xmlns:s=3D"library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" applicationDPI=3D"160"> =
=20
> <s:TextInput prompt=3D"Ori" layoutDirection=3D"ltr"/>  <s:TextInput=20
> prompt=3D"Ori" layoutDirection=3D"rtl" top=3D"50"/> </s:Application>
>
> Screenshot:
> http://screencast.com/t/HjNAd7PQaVG
>
> Regards,
> Ori.
>