[Laszlo-dev] Losing mouse clicks in SWF8 (LPP-7981) when setFocus() is used

[Max Carlson]

I think this is because of the way Flash handles focus and the way we 
listen for mouse events.  kernel/swf/LzMouseKernel.as has some code that 
attempts to match up events across frames.

Flash has had more modern APIs since version 6 - perhaps we should be 
using them instead of the legacy Flash 5 movieclip events we're using now:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/00001436.html

Sprites would need to instantiate a Button object when they're made 
clickable adn register for the appropriate events.

promanik at laszlosystems.com wrote:
> Hi Max,
> 
> Perhaps you (or somebody on laszlo-dev) has some thoughts on 
> http://www.openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP-7981. This is a swf8-only 
> issue (at least on a PC). If you open a window with a button that is 
> displayed under the mouse, the button requires 2 clicks if the focus has 
> been set to another element on the window. If the user moves the mouse a 
> single pixel, the button receives the very next click. At first I looked 
> for a general solution but right now I'm looking for a workaround in the 
> application. The other way to make it work is to NOT call setFocus() and 
> the button is clickable.
> 
> Andre added a simpler testcase that mostly uses native Flash code.
> 
> I have not found a workaround. I tried to simulate a mouseover event on 
> the button but I don't think Flash likes me hijacking mouse events.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Phil

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Regards,
Max Carlson
OpenLaszlo.org