topic setFocus? in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions

setFocus?

JayGeisen — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:59:46 GMT

So, does anyone know why I am able to set focus to some TextInput boxes and not some others? For instance, I am able to use setFocus() in the locate widget, but not in the printwidget or searchwidget. Any ideas?

Jay

Re: setFocus?

ChenJuequan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:12:01 GMT

Try to use 'focusManager.setFocus()'

Re: setFocus?

JayGeisen — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:56:54 GMT

Chen,

Thanks for the reply. I've tried using focusManager as well, but that doesn't work either. I don't understand why setFocus works on some widgets and not on others. Also, it would be nice to have focus on whatever widget is open upon loading the application. It seems this is even more difficult because you need to take focus from the application itself before you can assign it to any particular widget. Any help anyone could give is appreciated. I've been trying to figure this out for days now.

Thanks,
Jay

Re: setFocus?

SreeS — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:34:45 GMT

Chen,

Thanks for the reply. I've tried using focusManager as well, but that doesn't work either. I don't understand why setFocus works on some widgets and not on others. Also, it would be nice to have focus on whatever widget is open upon loading the application. It seems this is even more difficult because you need to take focus from the application itself before you can assign it to any particular widget. Any help anyone could give is appreciated. I've been trying to figure this out for days now.

Thanks,
Jay

Hi Jay,

Any luck with setting the focus.

I wanted to set the focus on the mx:TextInput of SearchWidget.

Im able to do it for the widgetConfigLoaded event but when I try set focus using "focusManager.setFocus(txtSearch);" in widgetOpenHandler I get error #1009:Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.

Thanks,
Sree