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Im having fun toying with AIR and want to use it to create an application for my TV, but Im coping with a serious & dumb problem : TV ergonomics. Indeed, without a mouse, it is all about focus on elements and moving this focus in a natural fashion.

In HTML this is handled by the browsers perfectly, but in ActionScript Im having a real hard time ! For instance, I don't even know how to have an element on autofocus, so that when I load the app there is already something to click on (without it I just can't interact with my app at all!).

Do you have any idea on the best ways to create a listener for the remote controller arrows and OK button (should be enough) so that I never get stuck in the app ?

So whether you have already struggled with that or if you simply happen to know how to play with the focus and setFocus() parts of Flex, your help is very welcome !

Adam Lukaszczyk
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I recommend you look at the Google TV Flash template. It's all about controls and navigation. I'm not sure if this works for Flex as I have not done any gtv development yet.

J_A_X
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  • thanks a lot but the GTV provides its own remote control API. If AIR wants to succeed on TV they'd better step it up with the documentation... – Cystack Aug 08 '11 at 17:27
  • Yes, I know that. Google haven't been concentrating a lot on gtv for development of Air and whatnot. All I can say is start trying it out, put pressure on google/adobe when things get fuzzy and be patient. – J_A_X Aug 08 '11 at 23:36