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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Creating a Flex AIR text editor Part 16

In this tutorial we will add a right click context menu specially for the tabbar, with options like Close tab and Close other tabs.

First of all, we will need to create the context menu with all its items. We do this by declaring variables in the init() function. We need to create 2 ContextMenuItem objects, "Close tab" and "Close other tabs", as well as add event listeners for both of them and set tabContextClose and tabContextCloseOther functions as handlers.

After that we create a new ContextMenu object and set its items property to an array consisting of these two context menu items. We hide the default menu items using the hideBuiltInItem() method, then we apply this object to the contextMenu property of our tabBar. Finally, we add a right click listener for the tabBar itself (Ill explain later what for) and add a handler function called tabRightClick.

// Context menu declaration for the tabbar control
var cm_close:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Close tab");
cm_close.addEventListener(ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT, tabContextClose);
var cm_closeother:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Close other tabs");
cm_closeother.addEventListener(ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT, tabContextCloseOther);

var cm:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
cm.items = [cm_close, cm_closeother];
cm.hideBuiltInItems();
tabBar.contextMenu = cm;
tabBar.addEventListener(MouseEvent.RIGHT_MOUSE_DOWN, tabRightClick);

We need to listen to the right click event, because this way we can find out the index of the tab that we are going to perform the action on. We can calcluate the index knowing the width of each tab, number of tabs and the position of the mouse on the tabbar control. We can then story this index in a variable called rightclickTabIndex. Lets declare it first:

private var rightclickTabIndex:int = 0;

Now the tabRightClick function:

private function tabRightClick(evt:MouseEvent):void {
var tabWidth:Number = tabBar.width / tabData.length;
var rcIndex:int = Math.floor(tabBar.mouseX / tabWidth);
rightclickTabIndex = rcIndex;
}

The tabContextClose function just closes the tab using the closeTab function:

private function tabContextClose(evt:ContextMenuEvent):void{
closeTab(rightclickTabIndex);
}

In the tabContextCloseOther function, we loop through the tabs, deleting all except the one that was right clicked on:

private function tabContextCloseOther(evt:ContextMenuEvent):void {
var len:int = tabData.length;
for (var i:int = 0; i < len; i++) {
if (i != rightclickTabIndex) {
closeTab(i);
}
}
}

Heres the full code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
                       xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
                       xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
   xmlns:custom="*"
   creationComplete="init();" title="Kirpad" showStatusBar="{pref_status}">
   
<s:menu>
<mx:FlexNativeMenu dataProvider="{windowMenu}" showRoot="false" labelField="@label" keyEquivalentField="@key" itemClick="menuSelect(event);" />
</s:menu>

<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.events.NativeWindowBoundsEvent;
import flash.net.SharedObject;
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.events.FlexNativeMenuEvent;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.Configuration;
import flash.system.System;
import flash.desktop.Clipboard;
import flash.desktop.ClipboardFormats;
import flash.ui.Mouse;
import mx.events.CloseEvent;
import flash.ui.ContextMenu;
import flash.ui.ContextMenuItem;
import flash.events.ContextMenuEvent;
import mx.events.ResizeEvent;

private var preferences:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("kirpadPreferences");
[Bindable]
private var pref_wrap:Boolean = true;
[Bindable]
private var pref_status:Boolean = true;
[Bindable]
private var pref_toolbar:Boolean = true;
[Bindable]
public var pref_fontsettings:Object = new Object();

private var initHeight:Number;
private var heightFixed:Boolean = false;

private var statusMessage:String;
[Bindable]
private var textHeight:Number;
[Bindable]
private var textY:Number;
[Bindable]
private var tabY:Number;

private var previousIndex:int = 0;
private var rightclickTabIndex:int = 0;

public var fontWindow:FontWindow = new FontWindow();

private function init():void {

// Create a listener for every frame
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, everyFrame);

// Set initHeight to the initial height value on start
initHeight = height;

// Set preferences if loaded for the first time
if (preferences.data.firsttime == null) {
preferences.data.firsttime = true;
preferences.data.wrap = true;
preferences.data.status = true;
preferences.data.toolbar = true;
preferences.data.fontsettings = {fontfamily:"Lucida Console", fontsize:14, fontstyle:"normal", fontweight:"normal", fontcolor:0x000000, bgcolor:0xffffff};
preferences.flush();
}

// Set preferences loaded from local storage
pref_wrap = preferences.data.wrap;
pref_status = preferences.data.status;
pref_toolbar = preferences.data.toolbar;
pref_fontsettings = preferences.data.fontsettings;

// Allow insertion of tabs
var textFlow:TextFlow = textArea.textFlow;
var config:Configuration = Configuration(textFlow.configuration);
config.manageTabKey = true;

// Set status message
statusMessage = "[ " + new Date().toLocaleTimeString() + " ] Kirpad initialized";
updateStatus();

// Close all sub-windows if main window is closed
addEventListener(Event.CLOSING, onClose);

// Add listener for the event that is dispatched when new font settings are applied
fontWindow.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, fontChange);

// Update real fonts with the data from the settings values
updateFonts();

// Create a listener for resizing
addEventListener(NativeWindowBoundsEvent.RESIZE, onResize);

// Context menu declaration for the tabbar control
var cm_close:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Close tab");
cm_close.addEventListener(ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT, tabContextClose);
var cm_closeother:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Close other tabs");
cm_closeother.addEventListener(ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT, tabContextCloseOther);

var cm:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
cm.items = [cm_close, cm_closeother];
cm.hideBuiltInItems();
tabBar.contextMenu = cm;
tabBar.addEventListener(MouseEvent.RIGHT_MOUSE_DOWN, tabRightClick);
}

private function menuSelect(evt:FlexNativeMenuEvent):void {
(evt.item.@label == "New")?(doNew()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Word wrap")?(pref_wrap = !pref_wrap):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Cut")?(doCut()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Copy")?(doCopy()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Paste")?(doPaste()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Select all")?(doSelectall()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Status bar")?(pref_status = !pref_status):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Tool bar")?(pref_toolbar = !pref_toolbar):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Font...")?(doFont()):(void);
savePreferences();
updateStatus();
}

private function savePreferences():void {
preferences.data.wrap = pref_wrap;
preferences.data.status = pref_status;
preferences.data.toolbar = pref_toolbar;
preferences.data.fontsettings = pref_fontsettings;
preferences.flush();
}

private function doCut():void {
var selectedText:String = textArea.text.substring(textArea.selectionActivePosition, textArea.selectionAnchorPosition);
System.setClipboard(selectedText);
insertText("");
}

private function doCopy():void {
var selectedText:String = textArea.text.substring(textArea.selectionActivePosition, textArea.selectionAnchorPosition);
System.setClipboard(selectedText);
}

private function doPaste():void{
var myClip:Clipboard = Clipboard.generalClipboard;
var pastedText:String = myClip.getData(ClipboardFormats.TEXT_FORMAT) as String;
insertText(pastedText);
}

private function doSelectall():void {
textArea.selectAll();
}

private function insertText(str:String):void {
var substrPositions:int = textArea.selectionActivePosition - textArea.selectionAnchorPosition;
var oldSel1:int = (substrPositions>0)?(textArea.selectionAnchorPosition):(textArea.selectionActivePosition);
var oldSel2:int = (substrPositions<0)?(textArea.selectionAnchorPosition):(textArea.selectionActivePosition);
var preText:String = textArea.text.substring(0, oldSel1);
var postText:String = textArea.text.substring(oldSel2);
var newSelectRange:int = preText.length + str.length;
textArea.text = preText + str + postText;
textArea.selectRange(newSelectRange, newSelectRange);
}

private function cursorFix():void{
Mouse.cursor = "ibeam";
}

private function everyFrame(evt:Event):void {
if (!heightFixed && height==initHeight) {
height = initHeight - 20;
if (height != initHeight) {
heightFixed = true;
updateTextSize();
}
}
}

private function onResize(evt:ResizeEvent):void {
updateTextSize();
}

private function updateTextSize():void {
tabY = (toolBar.visible)?(toolBar.height):(0);
textY = tabBar.height + tabY;
var statusHeight:Number = (pref_status)?(statusBar.height):(0);
textHeight = height - textY - statusHeight;
focusManager.setFocus(textArea);
}

private function updateStatus():void {
var str:String = new String();
str = (pref_wrap)?("Word wrapping on"):(caretPosition());
status = str + "	" + statusMessage;
}

private function caretPosition():String {
var pos:int = textArea.selectionActivePosition;
var str:String = textArea.text.substring(0, pos);
var lines:Array = str.split("
");
var line:int = lines.length;
var col:int = lines[lines.length - 1].length + 1;

return "Ln " + line + ", Col " + col;
}

private function doFont():void{
fontWindow.open();
fontWindow.activate();
fontWindow.visible = true;
fontWindow.setValues(pref_fontsettings.fontsize, pref_fontsettings.fontfamily, pref_fontsettings.fontstyle, pref_fontsettings.fontweight, pref_fontsettings.fontcolor, pref_fontsettings.bgcolor);
}

private function onClose(evt:Event):void {
var allWindows:Array = NativeApplication.nativeApplication.openedWindows;
for (var i:int = 0; i < allWindows.length; i++)
{
allWindows[i].close();
}
}

private function fontChange(evt:Event):void{
pref_fontsettings.fontfamily = fontWindow.fontCombo.selectedItem.fontName;
pref_fontsettings.fontsize = fontWindow.sizeStepper.value;

if (fontWindow.styleCombo.selectedIndex == 0) {
pref_fontsettings.fontstyle = "normal";
pref_fontsettings.fontweight = "normal";
}
if (fontWindow.styleCombo.selectedIndex == 1) {
pref_fontsettings.fontstyle = "italic";
pref_fontsettings.fontweight = "normal";
}
if (fontWindow.styleCombo.selectedIndex == 2) {
pref_fontsettings.fontstyle = "normal";
pref_fontsettings.fontweight = "bold";
}
if (fontWindow.styleCombo.selectedIndex == 3) {
pref_fontsettings.fontstyle = "italic";
pref_fontsettings.fontweight = "bold";
}

pref_fontsettings.fontcolor = fontWindow.colorPicker.selectedColor;
pref_fontsettings.bgcolor = fontWindow.bgColorPicker.selectedColor;

savePreferences();
updateFonts();
}

private function updateFonts():void{
textArea.setStyle("fontFamily", pref_fontsettings.fontfamily);
textArea.setStyle("fontSize", pref_fontsettings.fontsize);
textArea.setStyle("fontStyle", pref_fontsettings.fontstyle);
textArea.setStyle("fontWeight", pref_fontsettings.fontweight);
textArea.setStyle("color", pref_fontsettings.fontcolor);
textArea.setStyle("contentBackgroundColor", pref_fontsettings.bgcolor);
}

private function onTabClose(evt:Event):void {
closeTab(tabBar.selectedIndex);
}

private function closeTab(index:int):void {
if (tabData[index].saved) {
removeTab(index);
}
if (!tabData[index].saved) {
Alert.show("Save " + tabData[index].title + " before closing?", "Confirmation", Alert.YES | Alert.NO, null, confirmClose);
}
function confirmClose(evt:CloseEvent):void {
if (evt.detail == Alert.YES) {
Alert.show("Perform save function here and then delete");
}else {
removeTab(index);
}
}
}

private function removeTab(index:int):void {
// if this is the last tab, create a new empty tab
if (tabData.length == 1) {
tabData.addItem( { title:"Untitled", textData:"", saved:false } );
}
tabData.removeItemAt(index);
previousIndex = tabBar.selectedIndex;
textArea.text = tabData[tabBar.selectedIndex].textData;
textArea.selectRange(tabData[tabBar.selectedIndex].selectedAnchor, tabData[tabBar.selectedIndex].selectedActive);
}

private function doNew():void{
tabData.addItem( { title:"Untitled", textData:"", saved:false } );
tabBar.selectedIndex = tabData.length - 1;
tabChange();
}

private function tabChange():void {
tabData[previousIndex].textData = textArea.text;
tabData[previousIndex].selectedActive = textArea.selectionActivePosition;
tabData[previousIndex].selectedAnchor = textArea.selectionAnchorPosition;
previousIndex = tabBar.selectedIndex;
textArea.text = tabData[tabBar.selectedIndex].textData;
textArea.selectRange(tabData[tabBar.selectedIndex].selectedAnchor, tabData[tabBar.selectedIndex].selectedActive);
updateStatus();
}

private function tabContextClose(evt:ContextMenuEvent):void{
closeTab(rightclickTabIndex);
}

private function tabContextCloseOther(evt:ContextMenuEvent):void {
var len:int = tabData.length;
for (var i:int = 0; i < len; i++) {
if (i != rightclickTabIndex) {
closeTab(i);
}
}
}

private function tabRightClick(evt:MouseEvent):void {
var tabWidth:Number = tabBar.width / tabData.length;
var rcIndex:int = Math.floor(tabBar.mouseX / tabWidth);
rightclickTabIndex = rcIndex;
}
]]>
</fx:Script>

<fx:Declarations>
<fx:XML id="windowMenu">
<root>
<menuitem label="File">
<menuitem label="New" key="n" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem label="Open" key="o" controlKey="true" />
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="Edit">
<menuitem label="Cut" key="x" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem label="Copy" key="c" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem label="Paste" key="v" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem type="separator"/>
<menuitem label="Select all" key="a" controlKey="true" />
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="Settings">
<menuitem label="Word wrap" type="check" toggled="{pref_wrap}" />
<menuitem label="Font..."/>
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="View">
<menuitem label="Tool bar" type="check" toggled="{pref_toolbar}" />
<menuitem label="Status bar" type="check" toggled="{pref_status}" />
</menuitem>
</root>
</fx:XML>
<mx:ArrayCollection id="tabData">
<fx:Object title="Untitled" textData="" saved="false" seletedActive="0" selectedAnchor="0" />
</mx:ArrayCollection>
</fx:Declarations>

<s:Group width="100%" height="100%">
<s:TextArea id="textArea" width="100%" height="{textHeight}" y="{textY}" borderVisible="false" lineBreak="{(pref_wrap)?(toFit):(explicit)}"  click="cursorFix(); updateStatus();" change="updateStatus();" keyDown="updateStatus();"/>
<custom:CustomTabBar id="tabBar" dataProvider="{tabData}" width="100%" y="{tabY}" itemRenderer="CustomTab" height="22" tabClose="onTabClose(event);" change="tabChange();" />
<mx:Box id="toolBar" width="100%" backgroundColor="#dddddd" height="24" visible="{pref_toolbar}">
</mx:Box>
</s:Group>

</s:WindowedApplication>

Thanks for reading!
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