[AC-1032] Alloy: Not possible to focus a TextField

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	n/a
Status	Closed
Resolution	Cannot Reproduce
Resolution Date	2014-12-31T00:07:33.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	n/a
Components	Alloy
Labels	TCSupportTriage, focus, textfield
Reporter	Matej
Assignee	Mauro Parra-Miranda
Created	2014-10-08T16:18:30.000+0000
Updated	2016-03-08T07:37:22.000+0000

Description

It is not possible to focus a TextField in newly opened window. Works fine in Classic Ti and it worked in Alloy too... (I can't say exactly in what version ,but it worked for sure...). index.js

function openBlueWindow(e) {
    var win3 = Alloy.createController('bluewin').getView();
    $.win1.openWindow(win3);
}

$.win1.open();

index.xml

<Alloy>
    <NavigationWindow id="win1" platform="ios">
        <Window id="win2" title="Red Window" backgroundColor="red">
            <Button id="button" onClick="openBlueWindow">Open Blue Window</Button>
        </Window>
    </NavigationWindow>
</Alloy>

blueWin.js

function closeWindow(){
    $.win3.close();
}

$.textField.focus();

blueWin.xml

<Alloy>
    <Window id="win3" title="Blue Window" backgroundColor="blue">
        <Button onClick="closeWindow">Close Window</Button>
        
        <TextField id="textField" width="80%" height="35" borderWidth="1px" borderColor="gray"/>
    </Window>
</Alloy>

Attachments

File	Date	Size
focusTextField.mov	2014-10-14T15:10:52.000+0000	3279685

Comments

Harish Mridha 2014-10-14

Hi, We tried to reproduce this issue with a sample test case. It’s not a valid bug. We’ve created a workaround for this issue.

TESTING ENVIRONMENT:

Ti SDK 3.4.0.GA Ti CLI 3.4.0 Alloy 1.5.1 Mac OS X 10.9.5 iOS v8.0

TEST CODE:

index.xml

 
   <Alloy>
       <NavigationWindow id="win1" platform="ios">
           <Window id="win2" title="Red Window" backgroundColor="red">
               <Button id="button" onClick="openBlueWindow">Open Blue Window</Button>
           </Window>
       </NavigationWindow>
   </Alloy>

index.js

 
   function openBlueWindow(e) {
       var win3 = Alloy.createController('blueWin').getView();
       $.win1.openWindow(win3); 
   }
   $.win1.open();

blueWin.xml

 
   <Alloy>
       <Window id="win3" title="Blue Window" backgroundColor="blue">
           <TextField id="textField" width="80%" height="35" borderWidth="1px" borderColor="gray"/>
       </Window>
   </Alloy>

blueWin.js

 
   $.win3.addEventListener('open', function () {
   	$.textField.focus();
   });

STEPS TO TEST:

- Create a simple alloy project. - Update project with test code - Run on iOS device/ simulator

EXPECTED RESULT:

It’s working as expected. Thanks

Mauro Parra-Miranda 2014-10-14

Hello [~sko]! Can you please take a look to the posted testcase and provide your feedback? Best Regards
Matej 2014-10-14

Hi, I did try the exactly same workaround before I created this ticket. The thing is that there is some graphic issue when you try to focus a textfield on "window open" event. (See the attachment). As I mentioned in the description (I am not sure on 100%) ,but I think that focusing was working before without any problem.
Matej 2014-12-31

@Mauro Parra-Miranda, could you please tell me why did you again close an issue that wasn't resolved without any explanation? What is not possible to reproduce? I tested the issue again with Ti 3.4.1 and it still doesn't work. There is some graphic issue (blinking-flashing) when new window is opening using the workaround. I added a video to point out the problem. Focusing was working in an older SDK without any problem, so the functionality had to be broken. Why are reported issues just ignored? Thank you
Matej 2014-12-31

I can't test it now ,but I think that the issue is not working correctly only in Alloy. Classic Titanium should be alright ,so there has to be something wrong with it.
Matej 2015-02-02

C'mon guys no answer, really? If that's how it works here then it is finally clear to me why Titanium has so many bugs...

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