PromptingTextInput

 

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package flexunit.flexui.controls
{

   import flash.events.Event;
   import flash.events.FocusEvent;
   import flash.text.TextField;

   import mx.controls.TextInput;
   import mx.events.FlexEvent;

   /**
    * The <code>PromptingTextInput</code> component is a small enhancement to
    * standard <code>TextInput</code>.  It adds the ability to specify a prompt
    * value that displays when the text is empty, similar to how the prompt
    * property of the <code>ComboBox</code> behaves when there is no selected value.
    */
   public class PromptingTextInput extends TextInput
   {
   	/** Flag to indicate if the text is empty or not */
   	private var _textEmpty:Boolean;

   	/**
   	 * Flag to prevent us from re-inserting the prompt if the text is cleared
   	 * while the component still has focus.
   	 */
   	private var _currentlyFocused:Boolean = false;


   	/**
   	 * Constructor
   	 */
   	public function PromptingTextInput()
   	{
   		_textEmpty = true;

   		addEventListener( Event.CHANGE, handleChange );
   		addEventListener( FocusEvent.FOCUS_IN, handleFocusIn );
   		addEventListener( FocusEvent.FOCUS_OUT, handleFocusOut );
   	}

   	// ==============================================================
   	//	prompt
   	// ==============================================================

   	/** Storage for the prompt property */
   	private var _prompt:String = "";

   	/**
   	 * The string to use as the prompt value
   	 */
   	public function get prompt():String
   	{
   		return _prompt;
   	}

   	[Bindable]
   	public function set prompt( value:String ):void
   	{
   		_prompt = value;

   		invalidateProperties();
   	}

   	// ==============================================================
   	//	promptFormat
   	// ==============================================================

   	/** Storage for the promptFormat property */
   	private var _promptFormat:String = '<font color="#999999"><i>[prompt]</i></font>';

   	/**
   	 * A format string to specify how the prompt is displayed.  This is typically
   	 * an HTML string that can set the font color and style.  Use <code>[prompt]</code>
   	 * within the string as a replacement token that will be replaced with the actual
   	 * prompt text.
   	 *
   	 * The default value is "&lt;font color="#999999"&gt;&lt;i&gt;[prompt]&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;"
   	 */
   	public function get promptFormat():String
   	{
   		return _promptFormat;
   	}

   	public function set promptFormat( value:String ):void
   	{
   		_promptFormat = value;
   		// Check to see if the replacement code is found in the new format string
   		if ( _promptFormat.indexOf( "[prompt]" ) < 0 )
   		{
   			// TODO: Log error with the logging framework, or just use trace?
   			//trace( "PromptingTextInput warning: prompt format does not contain [prompt] replacement code." );
   		}

   		invalidateDisplayList();
   	}

   	// ==============================================================
   	//	text
   	// ==============================================================


   	/**
   	 * Override the behavior of text so that it doesn't take into account
   	 * the prompt.  If the prompt is displaying, the text is just an empty
   	 * string.
   	 */
   	[Bindable("textChanged")]
       [CollapseWhiteSpace]
       [NonCommittingChangeEvent("change")]
   	override public function set text( value:String ):void
   	{
   		// changed the test to also test for null values, not just 0 length
   		// if we were passed undefined or null then the zero length test would
   		// still return false. - Doug McCune
   		_textEmpty = (!value) || value.length == 0;
   		super.text = value;
   		invalidateDisplayList();
   	}

   	override public function get text():String
   	{
   		// If the text has changed
   		if ( _textEmpty )
   		{
   			// Skip the prompt text value
   			return "";
   		}
   		else
   		{
   			return super.text;
   		}
   	}



   	/**
   	 * We store a local copy of displayAsPassword. We need to keep this so that we can
   	 * change it to false if we're showing the prompt. Then we change it back (if it was
   	 * set to true) once we're no longer showing the prompt.
   	 */
   	private var _displayAsPassword:Boolean = false;

   	override public function set displayAsPassword(value:Boolean):void {
   		_displayAsPassword = value;
   		super.displayAsPassword = value;
   	}
   	override public function get displayAsPassword():Boolean {
   		return _displayAsPassword;
   	}

   	// ==============================================================
   	//	overriden methods
   	// ==============================================================

   	/**
   	 * @private
   	 *
   	 * Determines if the prompt needs to be displayed.
   	 */
   	override protected function updateDisplayList( unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number ):void
   	{
   		// If the text is empty and a prompt value is set and the
   		// component does not currently have focus, then the component
   		// needs to display the prompt
   		if ( _textEmpty && _prompt != "" && !_currentlyFocused )
   		{
   			if ( _promptFormat == "" )
   			{
   				super.text = _prompt;
   			}
   			else
   			{
   				super.htmlText = _promptFormat.replace( //[prompt/]/g, _prompt );
   			}

   			if ( super.displayAsPassword )
   			{
   				//If we're showing the prompt and we have displayAsPassword set then
   				//we need to set it to false while the prompt is showing.
   				var oldVal:Boolean = _displayAsPassword;
   				super.displayAsPassword = false;
   				_displayAsPassword = oldVal;
   			}
   		}
   		else
   		{
   			if ( super.displayAsPassword != _displayAsPassword )
   			{
   				super.displayAsPassword = _displayAsPassword;
   			}
   		}

   		super.updateDisplayList( unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight );
   	}

   	// ==============================================================
   	//	event handlers
   	// ==============================================================

   	/**
   	 * @private
   	 */
   	protected function handleChange( event:Event ):void
   	{
   		_textEmpty = super.text.length == 0;
   	}

   	/**
   	 * @private
   	 *
   	 * When the component recevies focus, check to see if the prompt
   	 * needs to be cleared or not.
   	 */
   	protected function handleFocusIn( event:FocusEvent ):void
   	{
   		_currentlyFocused = true;

   		// If the text is empty, clear the prompt
   		if ( _textEmpty )
   		{
   			super.htmlText = "";
   			// KLUDGE: Have to validate now to avoid a bug where the format
   			// gets "stuck" even though the text gets cleared.
   			validateNow();
   		}
   	}

   	/**
   	 * @private
   	 *
   	 * When the component loses focus, check to see if the prompt needs
   	 * to be displayed or not.
   	 */
   	protected function handleFocusOut( event:FocusEvent ):void
   	{
   		_currentlyFocused = false;

   		// If the text is empty, put the prompt back
   		invalidateDisplayList();
   	}
   } 
}