[FLEX-15790] Improve the Text control to allow definition of links inside simple texts, and have those links accessible via keyboard

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Later
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 3.0 (Release)
• Component/s: mx: Text
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 22/Sep/08 01:14
• Updated: 09/Feb/09 17:39
• Resolved: 01/Feb/09 20:49

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a Flex app; add an mx:Text
2. Set the htmlText property to 'This is a <a href="#">link</a>' (without the single quotes)
3. Run the app and try to get to the link using keyboard (by pressing TAB key)

Actual Results:
There is no way to get to such links using keyboard

Expected Results:
Ones should be able to navigate using TAB to all elements in the page, including links.

Workaround (if any):
N/A