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Nice; needs undo

Oct 2, 2009 12:12 PM

This is an OS-like feature, and a good one, so it begs to have the same level of functionality you expect from an OS including "undo". When you're editing text you're in a flow and undo is really crucial, not just with spellchecking but just in general. Being able to use undo when typing into a rich text field like the one for this post for example, allows you to treat an HTML field the same way you would a word processor, but without it typing anything longer than a couple of words feels pretty primitive.

 

Perhaps you could build in some standard undo functionality into TextField or whatever part of the API this spellchecker resides in, then provide a switch to turn it on or off, or set number of undo levels. It would be a great overall addition to Flash's capabilities.

 

Great job with the spellcheck feature so far, thanks for adding it!

719 Views   3 Replies   Latest reply: beimon, Feb 28, 2011 4:42 PM
 
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  • Paul Robertson
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    1. Paul Robertson,
    Oct 2, 2009 1:32 PM   in reply to mosesoak
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    Undo is a feature that's built into the Text Layout Framework. When there's a version of Squiggly for TLF, undo and spell check will both be available.

     

    In the mean time, Jacob Wright has written a library that adds undo/redo functionality to text fields in an application. You could use that in combination with Squiggly, since they both work with text fields based on the "classic" TextField class.

     
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    2. Noela N,
    Oct 6, 2009 11:54 AM   in reply to Paul Robertson
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    Thanks.  We are looking into supporting TLF in short order but will also continue to support text fields, so, your pointer to Jacob Wright's library is appreciated.

     
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    3. beimon,
    Feb 28, 2011 4:42 PM   in reply to Noela N
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    Just want to let people know that Squiggly 0.5 was recently released with native TLF support.

     

    Please let us know what other features you would like to see in Squiggly moving forward.

     

    - Bruce, Adobe

     
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