Layoutdirection default in SDK 4.1.0.16076

Question

Hi to all,
I'm trying a simple example with the new layoutdirection property. The example consists in a simple application with a button calling the popupmanager to show an empty popup.
This is the button:
<mx:Button click="createPopUP()" >
        </mx:Button>
And this is the function:
private function createPopUP():void
                var win:Dialog = PopUpManager.createPopUp(this, Dialog, true) as Dialog;
                PopUpManager.centerPopUp(win);
The Dialog component is a very simple empty TitleWindow:
<mx:TitleWindow xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
                layout="vertical"
                title="More information"
                showCloseButton="true"
                width="400"
                height="300"
                close="titleWindow_close(event);">
I noticed that while main window layout is ltr, the popup seems to be rtl, how is it possible??
Is the default for popup setted in some way to rtl?
If I want ltr behaviour on popup I have to explicitly add a layoutDirection declaration on the application:
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layoutDirection="ltr">
This is not good since I want backward compatibility...
Is this a bug??
Is there a way to set the default layoutdirection in the compiler?
Thanks in advance
Giorgio Grillini

Answer 1

Hi Carol,
Thank you for the quick reply, my reply is not as quick as yours...
Yes, I'm using the example you provided.
I've comptletely forget to tell that I must turn ON the compatibility flag for backward compatibility isseues.
It seems that turning on this sets the global style layoutDirection to rtl instead of ltr.
The problem is always reproducible starting a blank project with source downloaded from the example we are using and turning on the flag...
Regards,
Giorgio Grillini