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Disabling auto-complete on Spark ComboBox

Aug 4, 2011 5:36 AM

I want to disable the auto-completing of text entered into a ComboBox, but still have it match the text against items in the DropDownList. Is there any easy way to do this?

1226 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Saber Chebka, May 18, 2013 3:12 PM
 
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  • JeffryHouser
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    1. JeffryHouser,
    Aug 4, 2011 5:43 AM   in reply to RandomReado
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    I think you'll have to extend the component to make this work.  I don't believe there is a property to control this behavior.

     
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  • nvhdab
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    2. nvhdab,
    May 6, 2012 4:27 PM   in reply to RandomReado
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    Those "functionalities" are implemented by the private function processInputField() and the mx_internal function applySelection()

     

    of the ComboBox component. They are either private of mx_internal so you can't override them. I created a new AS class that extends extends DropDownListBase and implements IIMESupport, just like the Spark ComboBox and tweaked the functions, for example I commented this lines:

     

    // textInput.selectAll();

    // textInput.insertText(itemString);

     

    Hope that helps!!

     
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  • Saber Chebka
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    3. Saber Chebka,
    Sep 11, 2012 5:30 AM   in reply to nvhdab
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    Simply create you new combobox class and override the findStringLoop function, it should always return -1 to prohibit the fincding of matching items (for autocomplete reasons).

    Code is the following:

     

                        /**

                         * Disabel the autocomplete option on Spark Combobox

                         **/

                        mx_internal override function findStringLoop(str:String, startIndex:int, stopIndex:int):Number

                        {

                             return -1;

                        }

     
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  • the_brownfoot
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    4. the_brownfoot,
    May 17, 2013 9:33 AM   in reply to RandomReado
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    The easiest solution for me was to use the existing itemMatchingFunction attribute on ComboBox and create a function like the one below retuning an empty Vector array:

     

    protected function comboDisableMatchingFunction(comboBox:ComboBox, inputText:String):Vector.<int>

                                  {

                                            return new Vector.<int>();

                                  }

     
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  • Saber Chebka
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    5. Saber Chebka,
    May 18, 2013 3:12 PM   in reply to the_brownfoot
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    @the_brownfoot

     

    That is the same solution as overriding findStringLoop() method. Hopefully Flex is open source so we can invent workarounds easily

     
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