Not sure which docs you're using, but here's what's in mine:
<quote>
List.selectedIndex
The following example selects the first item in a list by default and displays
the index of the currently selected whenever the user
selects a new item:
var my_list:mx.controls.List;
my_list.addItem({data:"flash", label:"Flash"});
my_list.addItem({data:"dreamweaver", label:"Dreamweaver"});
my_list.addItem({data:"coldfusion", label:"ColdFusion"});
// Select first item by default.
my_list.selectedIndex = 0;
var listListener:Object = new Object();
listListener.change = function(evt_obj:Object) {
trace("selectedIndex = " + evt_obj.target.selectedIndex);
}
my_list.addEventListener("change", listListener);
</quote>
Muzak
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Selecting an item off a List component
withactionscript
> it would really help if MM would supply more code examples, it's damn annoying
> for a single developer spending ages trying to find one line of code that is
> no doubt used a great deal
>
> by changing search engines found it:
> articles_list.selectedIndex=0;
>
>
> "Peter O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi List, this concerns you the component. How does one select an item off a
>> dynamically created List with actionscript?
>>
>> The following:
>> > articles_list.dispatchEvent( {type:'change', target:{value:0}} );
>> causes the event to fire but not for the item on the List to appear
> selected.
>>
>> Please help me o kings of actionscript!
_______________________________________________
Flashcoders mailing list
[email protected]
http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
