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Present user with an option of navigating to the target location or cancelling the action
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<!-- sparktextcontrols/CustomLinkElementHandling.mxml -->
<s:Application
xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout/>
</s:layout>
<fx:Script>
import flashx.textLayout.events.FlowElementMouseEvent;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.LinkElement;
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.events.CloseEvent;
private var linkTarget:String;
private function doSomething(e:FlowElementMouseEvent):void {
e.stopImmediatePropagation();
e.preventDefault();
var le:LinkElement = e.flowElement as LinkElement;
linkTarget = le.href;
Alert.show("You are about to navigate away from this page.","Alert",Alert.OK |Alert.CANCEL, this, alertListener, null, Alert.OK);
}
private function alertListener(e:CloseEvent):void {
if (e.detail == Alert.OK) {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(linkTarget), '_self')
}
}
</fx:Script>
<s:RichEditableText id="richTxt"
editable="false"
focusEnabled="false">
<s:textFlow>
<s:TextFlow>
<s:p>
The following link takes you to: <s:a href="http://www.adobe.com"
target="_blank" click="doSomething(event)">Adobe.com</s:a>
</s:p>
</s:TextFlow>
</s:textFlow>
</s:RichEditableText>
</s:Application>
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