[Xerte] RE: tabIndex question

[Julian Tenney]

Can't you just use the icon properties to set the tabIndex, and do the other stuff in code?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 30 November 2010 22:12
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: tabIndex question

What a bugger.

I have to set the tabIndex's on the txt objects **and set the text icons themselves to tabIndex -1**
Else it tries to cycle the text icons as well as the .txt object.

grrr.

I guess the accessibility routine will try to cycle everything on the page unless you explicitly tell it to ignore (tabIndex -1).

Working (for now) ;-)

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From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:37:46 +0000
Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: tabIndex question
let the engine set the tabIndexes? Or code them in the icon properties?

Sometimes there are timing issues with properties getting set in the parser, and those properties being available / set. The parser might be overriding your settings - if you don't set tabIndex in there it will attempt to make and set some.

Also, use your own tabINdexes starting from some higher number, like 100. THe lower ones are for the interface, as well as some very very high ones for the controls at he bottom of the interface. Yours should be between them.

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett [d_b_burnett at hotmail.com]
Sent: 30 November 2010 21:27
To: Xerte list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: tabIndex question
Will do.

But this doesn't even work when packaged:

I set a couple text icons to inputs:

//setup the answer
te1.txt.embedFonts = true;
//te1.txt.tabIndex = 1;
te1.txt.styleSheet = null;
te1.txt.type = 'input';
te1.txt.selectable = true;
te1.txt.multiline = true;
te1.txt._height=100;
te1.txt.background = 1;
te1.txt.backgroundColor = 0xCFCFCF;
te1.txt.setNewTextFormat(new TextFormat('Tahoma',16));


te2. //same thing


I've tried all sorts of variations and can't get the damn thing to tab between them
Something about using the .txt object?






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From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:20:05 +0000
Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: tabIndex question
run ccleaner on your machine. I just let it rip and chose 'fix everything' for the Cleaner tab, windows, and registry tab, fix all.

I don't know what that finds, but it fixes that bug in preview

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett [d_b_burnett at hotmail.com]
Sent: 30 November 2010 19:11
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] RE: tabIndex question

Forget it.

It works when packaged, not in authoring mode.
Shades of PostURL.
:-)

Dave

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From: d_b_burnett at hotmail.com
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: tabIndex question
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:13:31 -0500


Any tricks?
Looks straightforward enough.

I have a page with 2 interactions each with a text entry.
I have added tabIndex to each, 1 and 2.
Does not tab.

Dave

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