[FLEX-26068] ComboBox's private methods make custom pattern matching difficult

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Later
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 4.1 (Release)
• Component/s: Spark: ComboBox
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 30/Nov/10 08:12
• Updated: 14/Mar/11 10:59
• Resolved: 02/Feb/11 09:53

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a custom itemMatchingFunction that matches against "contains" rather than the default "begins with".
2. Type two characters into the ComboBox, using text that's not at the beginning of the entry you want.

Actual Results:
The ComboBox will replace what you're typing with the first entry it matches. Typing a subsequent letter will then append that to the first letter of the item it matched, rather than to the character you originally typed.

Expected Results:
There should be some way to override this behavior. The processTextInput function is private, as are many of the variables and methods that it uses.

Workaround (if any):
Create your own ComboBox, rewriting the appropriate functions.