Adobe AIR Development

[dalaw]

I have noticed in the sample FullRSSReader that you can select the buttons without actually clicking on them, but by clicking close to the buttons.  Is there any way to make it so that you actually need to click on the button for it to be selected?

[JRab]

Hey dalaw,

wow i've never noticed that before. If you go near it towards the bottom of the button and click it registers it as if you actually clicked on the button. but if you do it near the sides it doesnt register. i guess you can chock this up as a bug in the UI. i also tested this out in a new program and it also does the same thing.

[taylortbb]

I suspect it's some intelligent input code for touchscreen devices. In the situation of a user tapping just a few pixels off the button when there's no other clickable items nearby it's pretty clear what the intent was. I've noticed this is also done on my Torch. I suspect it quite significantly enhances touchscreen usability, while seeming kind of odd when using a mouse.

[quentin]

I think you should look at Sprite's hitAreay property, I guess this is what you're looking for!

To enbiggen the zone where the user can click on a button, simply set its hitArea to another (bigger) Sprite.

I hope this helps.

[PsykoJ]

Here are some ideas and solutions that might help with this similar problem i had in the other thread...

Hope this helps...

http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Tablet-OS-SDK-for-Adobe-AIR/Problem-with-Sprite-and-MouseEven...