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mouse_move not firing and mouse_down missing

#18

I am trying to use FunFx for feature testing with Cucumber. My
application is a demonstration of a custom drag-and-drop library which
you can check out at http://sites.google.com/site/flexinsproject.

The dnd implementation uses MouseEvents to detect drag gestures etc,
and so I try to use FlexDisplayObject#mouse_move but it seems to be
completely ineffective. I had to modify the AutoQuickEnv.xml to
declare the buttonDown property, also modifying the elements.rb
accordingly.

Now I think I've done what I have done correctly as I do not get any
errors - the question is, have I done enough? At this point I simply
feel that MouseEvents just don't manifest or aren't dispatched in the
Flex app. I experimented with using FunFx to click a button, the
clickHandler for which dispatches MouseEvents on various parts of the
app such that I see the desired dragging behaviour; put simply, I can
get dragging to work (albeit in a round about way) without physically
touching the mouse, thus ruling out the artifical dispatch of events
as the cause of the problem.

So the questions are:
* What makes a click so different from a mouse_move? * Where are the other mouse_x events e.g. mouse_down, which I think another user is after?

And one stupid one:
* This wouldn't have anything to do with the FlashPlayer needing focus would it?

Help would be much appreciated - if you want more details please ask.

Reported by Darren Bishop · May 21st, 2009 @ 01:08 AM

State: new
Milestone: none
Assigned to: Peter Nicolai Motzfeldt Peter Nicolai Motzfeldt

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  1. Darren Bishop
    Darren Bishop

    Ok so completely hacked together a solution for this.

    Firstly I modified elements.rb, element.rb and firewatir.rb adding a fire_event_ext call-chain that results in a new method being called on the ExternalInterface.

    Then I implemented AutomationHelper.as in funfx-extension.swc that adds fireFunFxEventExt method to the ExternalInterface. This by large rips of most of the default funfx procedure i.e. locating the target component and constructing the event with all properties populated.

    The difference is the event gets dispatched directly on that target, rather than going through the rest of the Automation procedure.

    This works a treat and is no inconvenience to me over the way it must be used: funfx-extension.swc compiles in funfx.swc so the this dependency can be dropped in favour of funfx-extension.swc (still with internal scope).

    If anyone is interested in the details i.e. the code, please leave a comment.

    Team: I would always prefer a first class solution to something like this. I appreciated some insight into why these events are not dispatching with the standard funfx?

    Darren

    May 23rd, 2009 @ 01:28 AM

  2. Darren Bishop
    Darren Bishop
    • Assigned user set to Peter Nicolai Motzfeldt

    May 23rd, 2009 @ 08:21 AM

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