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Tab Key Usage

Feb 11, 2009 2:52 PM

Tab stops are included in TLF but while editing text if the tab key is pressed it executes the default Flex action of switching to the next component. I tried searching for a attribute so I could use the tab key in the way a normal text editor does but I couldn't find anything. Are we expected to have to capture the tab key input and insert the tab value ourselves?
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  • Brian Thomas
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    1. Brian Thomas,
    Feb 11, 2009 3:00 PM   in reply to hawkfanxity
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    This is a configuration option; by default it is set to allow Flash Player/AIR handle the tab key, but you can change this to allow TLF to handle the tab key instead.

    Look at manageTabKey in the API docs: flashx.textLayout.elements.Configuration
     
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  • hawkfanxity
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    2. hawkfanxity,
    Feb 23, 2009 1:03 PM   in reply to Brian Thomas
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    I did this and it inserted the TLF tab into the markup but it still switched the focus to the next component in the tab list. Is this a defect?

    Also, I tried to add it tab stops to the text flow and it just ignores them and tabs to the end of the line. Am I missing something?

    Configuration(textFlow.configuration).manageTabKey = true;
    textFlow.tabStops = [new TabStop(TabAlignment.START, 20)]
     
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  • rdermer
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    3. rdermer,
    Feb 23, 2009 1:14 PM   in reply to hawkfanxity
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    For the tab issue use TabStopFormat instead of TabStop. TabStopFormat provides type checking and input validation services that are consistent with the rest of the TLF styles.
     
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  • richardleggettmk
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    4. richardleggettmk,
    Jul 1, 2009 9:06 AM   in reply to hawkfanxity
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    I'm afraid this isn't working for me either. Build 460. I'm working with the AIR SDK in Flex 4 beta 1. Tab causes a new-line to appear (not a tab) in the TextFlow and then the focusManager kicks in, tabbing to the next Flex control.

     
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  • rdermer
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    5. rdermer,
    Jul 1, 2009 8:06 PM   in reply to richardleggettmk
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    Hi,

     

    The default behavior when there are no tab stops before the end of the line is to create a new line exactly as you describe.  Please verify that you've specified tab stops.

     

    This is even simpler than the above.

    textFlow.tabStops="tabStops="s100 s200"

    will create tabs at 100 and 200 pixels.

     

    Regards,

    Richard

     
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  • richardleggettmk
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    6. richardleggettmk,
    Jul 2, 2009 1:32 AM   in reply to rdermer
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    Thanks once again, I was confusing myself with the TabStopsFormat.defaultFormat, thinking that would supply some, it works perfectly when I use the formatted string you provide.

     
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  • asharazeem
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    7. asharazeem,
    May 7, 2012 4:45 AM   in reply to rdermer
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    Hi

     

    Is there a way to set a value to tabstop such that every new tab press adds a fixed value of space bet ween two characters

     

    Ashar

     
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