Mark: Thanks for the reply.
In your example, if firstTab were a reference to a composite component instance, how would that component delegate the setFocus() call to one of the child TextInputs within itself?
The dialog class has only a reference to the entire composite component, and the component in the dialog has no knowledge of whether it appears in a popup dialog or anywhere else.
Jason On 12/23/2013 9:22 AM, mark goldin wrote:
In my base popup class I have the following code (simplified): public firstTab:*; this.addEventListener(FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE, registerFirstTab); private function registerFirstTab(event:FlexEvent):void { firstTab.setFocus(); this.removeEventListener(FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE, registerFirstTab); } Implementation is responsible to populate firstTab with an object it wants to have a focus on. On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Jason Guild <jason.gu...@alaska.gov>wrote:Hi all: I have a reusable component that consists of many TextInputs that make up a mailing address form. When I use this component inside of a popup dialog I want to give focus to the first focusable component within the address form. What is the best way to do this in the dialog so that I don't have to hardcode setFocus() on any of the particular fields within the address form? Does the address form component implement IFocusManagerComponent? If so, what is the recommended way of delegating focus within the address form component? Do I override UIComponent.focusInHandler() in the composite component and call setFocus() on one of the child TextInputs? Ideally, in my dialog I would simply call addrForm.setFocus() when it is shown and the address form would decide which of the sub-components should receive the focus. Any help on gotchas or other details I need to account for are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jason
