open a widget with keyboard shortcut

Question

I am just starting out with flex using the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex and was wondering how to open a widget (ex. Bookmarks) with a keyboard event.

MarkHoyland · Answer

Or if you wish to try, here is an xml configurable keyboard shortcut widget. The widget config file lets you put in the widget label (as defined in the viewers main config xml), the key and optional boolean values for ctrl, alt and shift keys. The default for these is false. eg key=s and ctrl=true is CTRL+s key=s and ctrl=false is s Add to your main config file in the UI Elements part Let me know if you think this is useful, and I can upload to the code gallery with compiled version. KeyboardShortcuts.zip 1.PNG

RobertAndren · Answer

That did the trick.  Thanks for all your help.

RobertScheitlin__GISP · Answer

Robert, The Flex Viewer application does not have focus when the app is launched so you have to add some code in the index.mxml to force it to have focus immediately. Add this script block to the index.mxml: