I actually solved the problem. I had to explicity handle it inside
my itemRenderer implementation (via this.toolTip="blah blah" ).
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djbrown_rotonews"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> weird.
>
> I've set up the following and it doesn't appear to work:
>
> <mx:DataGridColumn showDataTips="true" dataTipField="depstatus"
> headerRenderer="myHeaderRenderer" id="dptrsts" resizable="false"
> textAlign="center" fontWeight="bold" headerText="STS"
> width="{col1.width}" headerWordWrap="true" dataField="depstatus"
> labelFunction="departureStatusLabelFunction"
> sortCompareFunction="sortAlpha"
itemRenderer="components.renderer"/>
>
> and my dataGrid as follows:
> <mx:DataGrid width="100%" height="90%" left="0" top="60"
> id="dgDelays" verticalGridLines="false"
horizontalGridLines="false"
> horizontalGridLineColor="white" fontWeight="normal" fontSize="12"
> alternatingItemColors="[#000000,#000000]" color="#ffffff"
> headerColors="[#000000, #ffffff]" rowHeight="20"
> showDataTips="true"
> dataProvider="{delays_xml}" itemRollOver="itemRollOverEvent
(event)"
> columns="{soc_cols}" textRollOverColor="black">
> </mx:DataGrid>
>
>
>
> I even tried making with width of the column smaller than the
> displayed text, as I read where dataTips are only displayed
> for "clipped" text, and it made no difference.
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Shannon Hicks" <shan@> wrote:
> >
> > nope... works for any list-based component.
> >
> > in the datagrid, you set showDataTips="true"
> >
> > then in the columns, you set dataTipField="fieldname"
> >
> > Shan
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of djbrown_rotonews
> > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:10 PM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: toolTip type behavior for
> DataGridColumns?
> >
> >
> >
> > that only works for Flex Charting components though, right?
> >
> > --- In HYPERLINK
> > "mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com"flexcoders@, "Tracy
> > Spratt" <tspratt@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > They are called dataTips.
> > >
> > >
> > HYPERLINK
>
> "http://livedocs.macromedia.com/labs/1/flex20beta3/langref/mx/contr
> ols"http:
> > //livedocs.-macromedia.-com/labs/-1/flex20beta3/-langref/mx/-
> controls
> > /Da
> > > taGrid.html
> > >
> > > Tracy
> > >
> > >
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> > > Subject: [flexcoders] toolTip type behavior for
DataGridColumns?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm wanting to add some toolTip type behavior when the user
> rolls
> > over
> > > some data in a DataGridColumn. It doesn't appear that the
> > > DataGridColumn natively supports toolTip behavior, but is
there
> a
> > way
> > > I can mimic one via the itemRollOver event?
> > >
> > > Something like popping up a Label just under the current x,y
> > > coordinates would suffice.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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