Tab Key Usage

[hawkfanxity]

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?

[brian_thomas2 · Accepted solution]

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

[hawkfanxity]

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)]

[rdermer]

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.

[richardleggettmk]

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.

[rdermer]

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

[richardleggettmk]

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.

[Guest]

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