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From: Alex Harui <aharui@adobe.com>
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Subject: Re: Add event listeners to the textInput skin part of the ComboBox
Thread-Topic: Add event listeners to the textInput skin part of the ComboBox
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:49:18 +0000
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The ComboBox itself should dispatch a valueCommit event if the text is
changed via drop-down selection.

On 3/13/14 10:44 AM, "mark goldin" <markzolotoy@gmail.com> wrote:

>I see. But what I am after is to highlight a text when an item is
>selected.
>No matter what I do the selected item is not highlighted. However,
>switching between any Windows application and Flex will highlight it. So,
>it's about positioning a focus somewhere and then place it back to the
>combo. Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Alex Harui <aharui@adobe.com> wrote:
>
>> If you choose from the drop down, the textInput is programmatically
>> modified so no change notification event is dispatched.
>>
>> On 3/13/14 9:37 AM, "mark goldin" <markzolotoy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I have the following code to accomplish what is says in the title:
>> >
>> >override protected function childrenCreated():void
>> >{
>> >super.childrenCreated();
>> >textInput.addEventListener("change", onValueChange, false, 0, true);
>> >}
>> >private function onValueChange(event:Event):void
>> >{
>> >textInput.selectRange(0, textInput.text.length);
>> >}
>> >
>> >The listener is not called when I use a mouse to change a value. But
>>if I
>> >type in it does fire.
>> >Not sure what would the difference be. Any idea?
>> >
>> >Thanks
>>
>>