FlexJS mouseEnabled

[Harbs <ha...@gmail.com>]

I can’t find any way in FlexJS to set the mouse-interactivity of an object. (i.e. a la mouseEnabled in Flash)

I’m not sure how to actually implement this on the HTML side. For SVG, the pointer-events attribute could be used.[1]

For regular HTML, we can use CSS if we don’t care about IE10 or lower[2].

Canvas is a whole ‘nother story.

Harbs

[1]https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/pointer-events#Example
[2]http://caniuse.com/#feat=pointer-events

Re: FlexJS mouseEnabled

[Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>]

On 8/15/16, 1:20 PM, "Harbs" <ha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>I guess we’ll do an “interactivity” Bead. Any suggestions on a good name?

I would call it DisableBead.

-Alex

Re: FlexJS mouseEnabled

[Harbs <ha...@gmail.com>]

On Aug 15, 2016, at 11:05 PM, Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com> wrote:

> On 8/15/16, 12:54 PM, "Harbs" <ha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I can’t find any way in FlexJS to set the mouse-interactivity of an
>> object. (i.e. a la mouseEnabled in Flash)
> 
> Is the goal to build something that isn't ever mouse-able or to be able to
> switch its mouse-ability at runtime?

Both.

> 
> In my mind, the former might be some base class for non-interactive
> objects.  For runtime switching, I imagined that enabled/disabled would be
> a bead and work with the view to do whatever needs to be done.  Some
> disabling philosophies is to change the state of the object, others blur
> and/or mask, others don't change the visuals at all.
> 
> On the HTML side, I would think that at worse, the "disabling" could
> capture all mouse events and stop their propagation.  Other
> implementations would use CSS or whatever.
> 
> My 2 cents,
> -Alex

FWIW Here’s some hacks for getting it to work in IIE.[1]

I guess we’ll do an “interactivity” Bead. Any suggestions on a good name?

[1]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5855135/css-pointer-events-property-alternative-for-ie

Re: FlexJS mouseEnabled

[Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>]

On 8/15/16, 12:54 PM, "Harbs" <ha...@gmail.com> wrote:

>I can’t find any way in FlexJS to set the mouse-interactivity of an
>object. (i.e. a la mouseEnabled in Flash)

Is the goal to build something that isn't ever mouse-able or to be able to
switch its mouse-ability at runtime?

In my mind, the former might be some base class for non-interactive
objects.  For runtime switching, I imagined that enabled/disabled would be
a bead and work with the view to do whatever needs to be done.  Some
disabling philosophies is to change the state of the object, others blur
and/or mask, others don't change the visuals at all.

On the HTML side, I would think that at worse, the "disabling" could
capture all mouse events and stop their propagation.  Other
implementations would use CSS or whatever.

My 2 cents,
-Alex