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Posted to users@flex.apache.org by Fréderic Cox <co...@gmail.com> on 2014/04/23 09:05:21 UTC
Activate events on application
Can anyone with some expertise regarding transparent Adobe AIR applications
have a look at this issue?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23225425/adobe-air-application-activated-incorrectly
I'm thinking this is more of an AIR issue than it would be a Flex issue but
I know there are some experts on this mailing list so this is why I'm here
to ask for help.
Anyone know of the specific reasons an AIR app will be activated (dispatch
applicationActivate event) by the OS? When clicking in a transparent area it
should not be activated IIRC.
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Re: Activate events on application
Posted by Peter Ginneberge <p....@gmail.com>.
In that case you can still go for the workflow I described. I'm doing exactly
that with two applications I'm working on.
For the sidebar, you could dynamically resize it depending on its state.
Again, I'm doing exactly that with 2 apps which both have a notifications
system. The notification window's height is set dynamically, depending on the
number of notifications.
Use a WindowManager to control the layout (position, size, etc..) of all the
windows, save positions in a SharedObject so you can restore the application
state when the app is (re)started, etc..
regards,
Peter
On 23/04/2014 17:11, Fréderic Cox wrote:
> It is sized 100% because in other areas more components will pop-up. Also
> inside the application there is a sidebar component which is aligned to the
> right of the screen. When the application is inactive the sidebar will
> resize to 1px. The app needs to be always in front so that when the user
> moves the mouse to the edge of the screen on the right side a mouse_over
> event will be detected and the sidebar will slide back in to be 300px width.
>
> This way my app will behave as a sidebar on the OS which will be able to
> fill the screen with several components. This is needed for a CRM
> application used internally in the company I work for.
>
>
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Re: Activate events on application
Posted by Fréderic Cox <co...@gmail.com>.
It is sized 100% because in other areas more components will pop-up. Also
inside the application there is a sidebar component which is aligned to the
right of the screen. When the application is inactive the sidebar will
resize to 1px. The app needs to be always in front so that when the user
moves the mouse to the edge of the screen on the right side a mouse_over
event will be detected and the sidebar will slide back in to be 300px width.
This way my app will behave as a sidebar on the OS which will be able to
fill the screen with several components. This is needed for a CRM
application used internally in the company I work for.
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Re: Activate events on application
Posted by Peter Ginneberge <p....@gmail.com>.
Is there a specific reason your application is sized to 100% of the user's
screen? From what I understand you have the main application fill the whole
screen but only a small portion (search box) is visible. If that is the case,
start your main app minimized and remove it from the taskbar (visible=false)
and have it launch a new (customized) Window (mx.core.Window). This new Window
will be your search box with minimal dimensions that you can then move to the
location you want.
regards,
Peter
On 23/04/2014 9:05, Fréderic Cox wrote:
> Can anyone with some expertise regarding transparent Adobe AIR applications
> have a look at this issue?
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23225425/adobe-air-application-activated-incorrectly
>
> I'm thinking this is more of an AIR issue than it would be a Flex issue but
> I know there are some experts on this mailing list so this is why I'm here
> to ask for help.
>
> Anyone know of the specific reasons an AIR app will be activated (dispatch
> applicationActivate event) by the OS? When clicking in a transparent area it
> should not be activated IIRC.
>
>
>
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Re: Activate events on application
Posted by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>.
If you have time, run a test with an ActionScript-only project (no Flex
code).
It could be that Flex is still drawing something. But it is unclear from
the doc snippet what "fully transparent" means. It could still mean that
you didn't draw anything vs drew something with alpha=0
On 4/23/14 9:58 AM, "Fréderic Cox" <co...@gmail.com> wrote:
>That is my guess too Alex. However in the docs it is stated:
>
>Important: On Linux, mouse events do not pass through fully transparent
>pixels. You should avoid creating windows with large, fully transparent
>areas since you may invisibly block the user¹s access to other windows or
>items on their desktop. On Mac OS X and Windows, mouse events do pass
>through fully transparent pixels.
>
>http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/dev/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7
>e09.html#WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118676a452d-7fe5
>
>So on MacOSX it "should" work. Any idea on where to go with this? AIR bug?
>OS issue?
>
>Can I somehow log this or detect? All I'm getting now is an activated
>event
>without a reason.
>If I could somehow "deactivate" my application when it is activated and
>the
>mouse is not where I want it to be that could be a workaround but I can't
>find how to deactivate an AIR application either.
>
>
>
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Re: Activate events on application
Posted by Lee Burrows <su...@leeburrows.com>.
Don't know if it will work but have you tried manually dispatching a
DEACTIVATE event?
On 23/04/2014 17:58, Fréderic Cox wrote:
> If I could somehow "deactivate" my application when it is activated
--
Lee Burrows
ActionScripter
Re: Activate events on application
Posted by Fréderic Cox <co...@gmail.com>.
That is my guess too Alex. However in the docs it is stated:
Important: On Linux, mouse events do not pass through fully transparent
pixels. You should avoid creating windows with large, fully transparent
areas since you may invisibly block the user’s access to other windows or
items on their desktop. On Mac OS X and Windows, mouse events do pass
through fully transparent pixels.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/dev/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7e09.html#WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118676a452d-7fe5
So on MacOSX it "should" work. Any idea on where to go with this? AIR bug?
OS issue?
Can I somehow log this or detect? All I'm getting now is an activated event
without a reason.
If I could somehow "deactivate" my application when it is activated and the
mouse is not where I want it to be that could be a workaround but I can't
find how to deactivate an AIR application either.
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Re: Activate events on application
Posted by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>.
If you have drawn pixels of alpha=0 then I wouldn't be surprised if those
pixels pick up mouse events.
On 4/23/14 12:05 AM, "Fréderic Cox" <co...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Can anyone with some expertise regarding transparent Adobe AIR
>applications
>have a look at this issue?
>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23225425/adobe-air-application-activate
>d-incorrectly
>
>I'm thinking this is more of an AIR issue than it would be a Flex issue
>but
>I know there are some experts on this mailing list so this is why I'm here
>to ask for help.
>
>Anyone know of the specific reasons an AIR app will be activated (dispatch
>applicationActivate event) by the OS? When clicking in a transparent area
>it
>should not be activated IIRC.
>
>
>
>--
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>http://apache-flex-users.2333346.n4.nabble.com/Activate-events-on-applicat
>ion-tp6234.html
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