i saw some online flash games can do this:
when you switch your current web to other windows or other web tabs, the application program will draw a black block and tell you've leave the application, click on the flash area to resume .
i've tried some event like focus in and out or mouse leave on the stage,but the reaction isn't what i expected.maybe i use them in the wrong way .please tell me if you got the solution.
var count:int = 0;
this.stage.addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_LEAVE,function(e:Event):void
{
//only be called if your mouse cursor leave the area,but can't detect whether you're actually switch to other program.
trace('mouseleave',count++);
});
this.stage.addEventListener(FocusEvent.FOCUS_OUT,function(e:Event):void
{
//no reaction
trace('focus out',count++);
});
this.stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER,function(e:Event):void
{
//no reaction
trace('mouseenter',count++);
});
There are two methods:
Use Event.ACTIVATE event. But a swf should be on focus before.
Use JavaScript call from ActionScript to check is a window or a tab on focus.
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please can somebody tell me how remote control works? I have to create presentation in Flash platform using ActionScript 3. How to listen keys from remote control to show next slide, prev slide, pause, play etc? Is it like normal keys?
thanks for info
Generally projector remote controls are just left and right mouse click signals. LMB is the 'next slide', RMB is the 'previous slide'.
You're going to run into problems though, since right clicks in Flash open the context menu. Flash isn't really well suited for this purpose as you can see.
I recommend adding your Flash files into a PowerPoint presentation to save yourself all the stress of second-guessing which hardware is available to you.
When programming your flash presentation for use with a remote clicker, do not target left and right mouse clicks.
Instead you need to use keyboard events to target Page Up and Page Down.
The event listener that emulates the remote clicker's forward arrow is:
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, forwardsFunction);
function forwardsFunction(event:KeyboardEvent):void {
var myKey = event.keyCode;
if (myKey == Keyboard.PAGE_DOWN)
{
The event listener that emulates the remote clicker's backward arrow is:
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, backwardsFunction);
function backwardsFunction(event:KeyboardEvent):void {
var myKey = event.keyCode;
if (myKey == Keyboard.PAGE_UP)
{
This will allow you to use a remote clicker to work with your Flash presentations. At least this is the case with the Logitech remote I have tested.
Also, I found it necessary to determine the focus for this to work. My Actions were placed on a frame at stage level, ie they related to movieclips placed on the stage. Adding this code to the start of my Actions enabled this to work:
stage.focus=stage;
I am using kinetic-v4.3.0-beta2.js
I want to handle mobile touch event on group for ios & android.
I am binding event such as following
group.on('touchstart', function (evt) {
$('#onpopMenu').popup("open", { x: leftPosition, y: topPosition });
});
I tried 'touchend', 'touchstart' and 'tap'
Got partial success in "Tap" but in that case, shape is draggable so tap event is not properly fire because object will move from it's place.
but if shape is not draggable then it will work fine.
I tried 'touchend' and 'touchstart' event also but popup menu is close after event fire in iOs and android as I am opening Jquery Mobile Popup by Touching group!
The popup menu will only open for 2-3 seconds when the touchstart event fired.
Anyone faced the same problem with kinetic JS Mobile events? How to handle only "Click" or "Touch" event with it.
I checked this http://www.html5canvastutorials.com/kineticjs/html5-canvas-mobile-events/ for reference but had no luck!
I am developing application with Phonegap + JQM + Kinetics JS
Thanks in advance!
Keep in mind that your application is running inside a webview. This is why you've got these 2/3 seconds of delay on touch/click event.
This is why in all my PhoneGap dev, I use Fastclick.js. FastClick is a simple, easy-to-use library for eliminating the 300ms delay between a physical tap and the firing of a click event on mobile browsers. The aim is to make your application feel less laggy and more responsive while avoiding any interference with your current logic.
You can find it here https://github.com/ftlabs/fastclick.
It's easy to use (if you're using jQuery) :
<script type='application/javascript' src='/path/to/fastclick.js'></script>
<script>
$(function() {
FastClick.attach(document.body);
});
</script>
I made a jsfiddle for you to test out the click/touch events.
From what I understand, you have a Kinetic.Group node that is draggable but you want to open up a popup using jquery mobile.
You are right that when you drag an object, the tap event does not fire. But you said otherwise the tap event works fine if the shape is not draggable. This leads me to believe:
You want a popup on "tap"
You want a popup on "dragend"
If so, all you need is to use both events like this:
group.on('tap dragend', function (evt) {
$('#onpopMenu').popup("open", { x: leftPosition, y: topPosition });
});
Please let me know if my assumptions are wrong, and I can work with you to get the right solution. I am guessing when you want to popup, so if you let me know exactly when you want a popup to occur that will help a lot.
You might want to also look into using evt.cancelBubble = true; http://www.html5canvastutorials.com/kineticjs/html5-canvas-cancel-event-bubble-propagation-with-kineticjs/
Here is my problem: I've got a swf loaed inside my loader an in that swf I have a keylistener:
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, this.__onKeyDown, false, int.MAX_VALUE);
Now I'm adding a TextInput to this stage and I would like this input to catch all keyboard events while I'm focusing it. Is it possible to do so that native __onKeyDown will not fire until my TextInput has lost focus?
Thank you for your answers and sorry for my bad english.
You could give your listener higher priority (which you are), and stopAllPropogation in your handler. I've never tried this with an embedded swf so if it doesn't work right away, you could also try listening to the event in the capture phase (third parameter in addEventListener).
function __onKeyDown(e:KeyboardEvent):void {
e.stopImmediatePropagation();
//rest of you handler code here
}
It it possible to catch a double right click event in Actionscript 3?
It is with AIR. You can't capture RIGHT_CLICK in regular AS3, unfortunately.
There is, however, always the possibility of capturing right click events in JavaScript, and using ExternalInterface to call an event handler in the Flash program. See this blog, for example.
Actually you can catch RIGHT_CLICK at the moment :
You need player >11.2
Add additional compiler options -swf-version=19
Use this code :
stage.doubleClickEnabled = true;
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.RIGHT_CLICK, handler);
In handler you can save time of previous click, compare with second click and if it`s shorter than 0.5 seconds dispatch your own RIGHT_DOUBLE_CLICK event.
I'm creating a DDR-like game for an assignment and my keyboard seems to respond and trace it, but only if I press on the screen with the mouse first.
How can I get rid of that and just have it respond right away?
right_mc is the arrow that's moving
ArrowRight_mc is the arrow at the top
perfect_mc should pop up briefly
and so should a glowing arrow where it hits.
Here is what I have so far:
if(rightDown){
trace("right arrow");
if(right_mc){
if(right_mc.y >= ArrowRight_mc.y){
perfect_mc.visible = true;
glowRight_mc.visible = true;
}
}
}
This has been a long standing issue for Flash developers. Flash needs keyboard focus before it can detect keyboard events.
The problem is that the browser does not give focus to the SWF until the user clicks somewhere inside the SWF. This does make sense though. I don't want the web page I am on to lose focus just because there is a flash movie embedded somewhere. This is a security feature, to stop things like Flash banner ads being silent key loggers. However there are some instances that it makes sense to force the focus e.g. a Flash game where its the only thing on the HTML page.
Usually the best thing to do is have start menu screen with a "play" button. This forces the user to click on the SWF without even knowing about this "focus issue".
There is more info at the Adobe Technote - Giving keyboard focus to an embedded Flash movie.
***EDIT****
Whether the Flash has focus or not, only affects keyboard events. It will not affect code from running, movieclips from playing, or sounds/video from playing.
The issue here is that the embedded SWF file does not have focus when the screen first loads. You can assign focus to it using JavaScript but in my experience, this does not always work 100% of the time because of variations in the way browsers interpret JS. What a lot of people do is have a big START button following the load of the game so that players have to click on the SWF to begin playing. Some sites, even use JS to detect when the game has lost focus and will pause the game and alert the user.
I suppose I haven't exactly answered your question because I'm not that great at JavaScript but I hope this points you in the right direction.
In response to your comment...
I'm unclear on something. If you have to click to start the song then you've already clicked on the SWF and you should be getting keyboard events, right? So if you're having to click to start then click again, maybe you need to make sure your mouse listener is at the root of your display list.
// in your document class / main AS file...
this.stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown);
Or perhaps you need to poll for input during an EnterFrame loop rather than listen for key events.
I know what you mean. You have a specific object on the stage that needs focus before keyboard events will trigger. I'm having the same issues with a game here. A sprite needs to move with the keyboard arrows but the container needs focus so it will respond. I'm just setting the object I want to move to be tabEnabled as my requirements are only for accessibility purposes so tabbing to the object first will give it keyboard control.