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TextInput component 751

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textInputInstance.addEventListener("enter", listenerObject)

Description

Event; notifies listeners that the Enter key has been pressed.

The first usage example uses an

on() handler and must be attached directly to a TextInput

instance. The keyword

this, used inside an on() handler attached to a component, refers to the

component instance. For example, the following code, attached to the instance

myTextInput,

sends “_level0.myTextInput” to the Output panel:

on(enter){

trace(this);

}

The second usage example uses a dispatcher/listener event model. A component instance

(

textInputInstance) dispatches an event (in this case, enter) and the event is handled by a

function, also called a handler, on a listener object (

listenerObject) that you create. You define

a method with the same name as the event on the listener object; the method is called when the

event is triggered. When the event is triggered, it automatically passes an event object

(

eventObject) to the listener object method. Each event object has properties that contain

information about the event. You can use these properties to write code that handles the event.

Finally, you call the

EventDispatcher.addEventListener() method on the component

instance that broadcasts the event to register the listener with the instance. When the instance

dispatches the event, the listener is called.

For more information, see “EventDispatcher class” on page 415.

Example

This example sets a flag in the application that indicates if contents in the TextInput field

have changed:

form.enter = function(eventObj){

// note: eventObj.target refers the component that generated the enter event,

// i.e., the TextInput component.

myFormChanged.visible = true;

// set a change indicator if the user presses Enter;

}

myInput.addEventListener("enter", form);