BB style editor 1

[MJB3K]

Is it possible to create a BB style editor in flash??

Say i had the text: Hello World and i selected it, would i be able to put <b></b> or anything around it if i click a button??

Any ideas??

Regards,

Martin

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[billwatson]

not quite sure what you want to do but this may get you started

this.createTextField("my_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 300, 200);
my_txt.multiline = true;
my_txt.wordWrap = true;
my_txt.border = true;
my_txt.type = "dynamic";
my_txt.html = true
my_txt.htmlText = "Select some text here";
var my_cm:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
my_cm.customItems.push(new ContextMenuItem("Bold...", doBold));
function doBold():Void {
var startIndex:Number = Selection.getBeginIndex();
var endIndex:Number = Selection.getEndIndex();
var stringToBold:String = my_txt.text.substring(startIndex, endIndex)
stringToBold= "<b>"+stringToBold+"</b>"
my_txt.replaceText(startIndex, endIndex, stringToBold);
}
my_txt.menu = my_cm;

 

[MJB3K]

yeah, that works fine, but how can i do it so if i click a button on the stage, it calls that function and does the same thing?

btnBold.onPress = function(){
	_root.doBold();
}

I tried that, but it doesnt work...

Any ideas??

Regards,

Martin

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[billwatson]

code can be improved i am sure but this will work

this.createEmptyMovieClip("clip",this.getNextHighestDepth())
clip.createTextField("my_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 300, 200);
clip.my_txt.multiline = true;
clip.my_txt.wordWrap = true;
clip.my_txt.border = true;
clip.my_txt.type = "dynamic";
clip.my_txt.html = true;
clip.my_txt.htmlText = "Select some text here";
clip.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(Selection.getFocus()=="_level0.clip.my_txt"){
startIndex = Selection.getBeginIndex();
endIndex = Selection.getEndIndex();
stringToBold = this.my_txt.text.substring(startIndex, endIndex);
}
};
boldBtn.onRelease = function(){
stringToBold = "<b>"+stringToBold+"</b>";
clip.my_txt.replaceText(startIndex, endIndex, stringToBold);
}

 

[MJB3K]

doesn't seem to work... because it seems when you click the button, the text loses focus, therefore its not selected.

Any other ideas of how to make it work?

http://flashblocks.com/example/flashblocks_developer/

^^ how do they get it to work??

Regards,

Martin

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[billwatson]

code above works just fine....to test just copy and paste into a blank fla and add a boldBtn to the stage

 

[MJB3K]

cheers, that works fine

Could you tel me how they would make something like that editor on flashblocks??


Regards,

Martin

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[billwatson]

well to actually make the text bold you have to remove the tags so add a function to do this

boldBtn.onRelease = function(){
stringToBold = "<b>"+stringToBold+"</b>";
clip.my_txt.replaceText(startIndex, endIndex, stringToBold);
removeTags()
}

function removeTags(){
tmp = clip.my_txt.text
clip.my_txt.htmlText = tmp
}

much the same for all other buttons that you want...just change the tags

add dropdows for font, font size etc.

the editor is not difficult to make just time consuming

 

[billwatson]

this is not at the stage of the flashblocks editor but you can add as much or as little as you want to these things

as a quick exercise i put this one together this morning

http://billwatson2.no-ip.info/public/textEditor.swf

i wont do any more to it as im bored with it but if the fla will help you then just say so and ill put it up for download

up to you how many bells and whistles you want to add to these things but if i was to add many more features i would make it a component

 

[MJB3K]

Could not connect" is what i got when i clicked to your website... can you put the .fla up please?

Regards,

Martin

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[billwatson]

yip...everything is stored on my pc so only available when my pc is on

fla

http://billwatson2.no-ip.info/public/editor.zip