I've been doing some performance testing with SpinnerList and find it's so heavy that using it in combination with a ViewNavigator takes an unacceptable amount of time to switch views if the spinner is on the new view.
A proper functioning mobile DropDownList would be a great contribution for a lighter choice of list selection. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Ryan Frishberg <fri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Tink, > > In 4.6, SpinnerList was added--is that good enough, or is this serving a > different use-case? > > -Ryan > > P.S. - I still plan on going to a London user group meeting, but I'm out of > town or busy during all of the scheduled ones (including January). > Hopefully soon, I'll get a chance to swing by :-) > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Tink <f...@tink.ws> wrote: > > > I've but an example up of what I believe could be a very simple fix for a > > DropDownList working on mobile (obviously I'll put an AS skin together if > > you guys are interested in this fix). > > > > On desktop the item is selected on mouse down and the drop down closed. > > This doesn't work on mobile as the user may be scrolling the list, and > > therefore the committing of the selected index doesn't happen until mouse > > up. > > > > I propose that in the override item_mouseDownHandler and we check the > > interactionMode. If it's "touch" we don't set userProposedSelectedIndex > > and we DON'T CLOSE the dropDown, not not touch it carries on as normal, > > hopefully not introducing any new bugs. > > > > We add an override for, setSelectedIndex call super then check the > > interactionMode. If it's touch, set userProposedSelectedIndex and we > CLOSE > > the dropDown. > > > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/**incubator/flex/whiteboard/** > > tink/mobile_dropdownlist/< > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/flex/whiteboard/tink/mobile_dropdownlist/ > > > > > > cheers > > > > Tink >
