Mac book trackpad scroll BUG - been around since forever - please FIX it!

Question

Hi all
This post is aimed for adobe reps
I'm talking about the scrolling bug on macbooks trackpad and Apple external trackpad
Sure, there are buggy JS work-arounds, but they don't cover the scenario we need
Our app is a flex app, with one major scroller for the app, which is unusuable on macs
Guys, this bug had been around for years
last mention I came accross is here - http://forums.adobe.com/message/4740815
and this is about it when it comes to googling for a solution.
I asked in many forums - flash, flex, starling, feathers etc...
all pointed back to the flash player
If you don't intend to open-sourch the flash player runtime
Can you please fix this nasty bug?
it is critical, and the fact we can only wait for it to surface your priority lists makes your users feel helpless
please respond
please prioritize this bug
it's basic and cuts of a whole market that will not be able to use our product because of it
I erge you to consider this as critical
Thank you

Answer 1

Jeromie hello
Encouraged by the possibility you opened - I opened up flash pro
made the simplest test to see if  I have something basic to start from:
mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_WHEEL, on_wheel);
function on_wheel(e:MouseEvent):void{
        trace('delta: '+e.delta);
I'm using a macbook pro to test this, and no object seems to respond
I tried listening on movieclips textfields the stage and the main timeline, without any of those responding
I checked the reference, which claims it is supported only on windows.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/display/Interacti veObject.html#event:mouseWheel
I even tried using flash professional built-in components like TextArea, ScrollPane (that are still maintained by Adobe) to see purhaps I missed something surely the Adobe engineers would solve on their own set of components
but I guess the reference mentions it supports windows only for a reason...
I hoped it would be out-dated but it seems like it has an updated status.
it says:
Dispatched when a mouse wheel is spun over an InteractiveObject instance. If the target is a text field, the text scrolls as the default behavior. Only available on Microsoft Windows operating systems.
I've tested this behaviour in the browser and actually got something to respond:
it works on a mac in Firefox, and Chrome, but not in safari
found an example for you online you can check, it behaves the same.
doesn't work on safari (most mackbook users use safari...)
http://blog.flexexamples.com/wp-content/uploads/MouseWheel_test/bin/main.html
here's another one that uses pure actionscript if you think it has something to do with flex rather then the flash player...
1. Go to http://darkstar.puremvc.org/
2. Try scrolling with your mouse wheel or trackpad once the window pops up. Nothing should happen.
3. Now click the little green icon in the top-right of the application which toggles Fullscreen. Once in full screen, try scrolling with your mouse wheel or trackpad. Scroll should occur as expected.
here is another simple one:
works on chrome, doesn't respond on safari
http://gingerbinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/MouseWheelSimple.swf
Jeromie, if you can please point me to a single example that would support scrolling a container, or just catch mousewheel events on a MovieClip
I would go ahead and build the component my self.
As I value it as important enough.
Your input is appreciated
thanks
PS:
here's some really old links that try to complement the flash player lack of support for macs mousewheel events, by trying to inject those events using JavaScript and ExternalInterface:
Those are old, buggy, not worthy to be called alternatives since they work under narrow restrictions, and frankly, I think the flash player deserves a much more serious support like adobe has for issues it actually want to support and not leave this one for open-source, since the player is propietery
http://code.google.com/p/swfmousewheel/
http://code.google.com/p/flex-wmode-mousewheel-handler-example/
http://blog.earthbrowser.com/2009/01/simple-solution-for-mousewheel-events.html
http://hasseg.org/blog/post/138/os-x-mouse-wheel-support-for-actionscript-3-flash-applicat ions-v2/
http://labs.byhook.com/2010/04/09/flash-mouse-wheel-support/
here is a flash player related bug created on 2009:
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-2247