mx:Text mousewheel problem

[sandosh.vasudevan@gmail.com]

Hi,

I have this is my flex AIR application:
<mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%">
<mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%" verticalGap="0" id="hbox1">
<mx:Text htmlText="{mydata.txt}" width="100%" id="title"
styleName="titleText" paddingBottom="0" paddingLeft="0"
paddingRight="0" paddingTop="0" />
</mx:VBox>
</mx:VBox>
When I roll the mouse wheel while I am hovering over them, not only
the content inside the parent parent container scrolls, but the text
inside the mx:Text also scrolls. The mousewheel event in the text is
not cancelable. How do I stop the text from scrolling?

Thanks
Sandosh

[Lars]

Hi,

I was also bothered by this issue for a while. I managed to find a solution and created an extension to the Text component that prevents this mouse wheel scrolling. You will find the code and a brief explanation on what it does here:

http://flexceptional.blogspot.com/2011/03/flex-disable-mouse-wheel-scrolling-for.html

Hope this helps!

Thanks,
Lars