Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't RichText do what you describe?
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Sebastian Mohr <flex.masul...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > In a few projects I need the text to be selectable but not editable. > Therefore, I usually create a RichSelectableText-Component [1] > that should help me achieving this task. Obviously, this approach > is not optimal because it's extending from RichEditableText to block > functionality from its superclass. > > What about splitting up the functionality of RichEditableText into 2 > classes? The proposed new inheritance chain could look like this: > > RichEditableText < RichSelectableText < UIComponent > > If this proposal is not suitable, would you see a better way? > > > Sincerely Yours, > > Sebastian Mohr > Apache Flex Developer (PPMC), > Interaction Designer & Musician > http://www.linkedin.com/in/masuland > > > [1] RichEditableText-Component: > > package spark.components > { > import spark.components.RichEditableText; > > public class RichSelectableText extends RichEditableText > { > public function RichSelectableText() > { > super(); > > editable = false; > } > } > } > > > >
