Thanks a lot Glen! Exactly what i was looking for. On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Glen Pike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi, > > The list / combobox & a few other components in AS3 / CS3 use the > DataProvider to specify what goes in the boxes... > > //Create, then fill up the data provider or pass an array to the > constructor... > var dp:DataProvider = new DataProvider(); > //set the combobox's dataprovider. > myCB.dataProvider = dp > > To change the style of the text, you will have to implement a Custom > CellRenderer - there is an example on this page: > http://www.rockabit.com/2008/04/15/combobox-text-formatting-in-as3/ > > This only sets one font up for the whole box, but hold on a minute... > > If you want to display a list of fonts on the system, the first few lines > of the code in this page will tell you how to get them and then add them to > a list / combobox: > > > http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/05/21/create-a-font-browser-with-flash-as3/ > > So now what you need to do, is see what the data is in each row of your > list - you can do this by overriding some of the "getters" and "setters" in > your Custom CellRenderer: > > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/controls/listClasses/CellRenderer.html#data > > //Something like this: > override public function set data(value:Object):void { > var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); > tf.font = value.label; > textField.setNewTextFormat(tf); > this._data = data; > } > > CellRenderers are a bit fiddly to get right, but once they are working, > they are quite nice - if the code I put here does not work, read up in the > doc's because my code may be wrong... > > HTH > > Glen > > Digg Yeah wrote: > >> Hi All, >> Is it possible to display custom fonts in the dropdown list of a Flash cs >> combobox component? >> I am trying to do something as shown at >> >> http://arulprasad.blogspot.com/2006/07/showing-list-of-fonts-in-flash-v2.html >> But im getting stuck at >> myCB.dropdown.listContent[i].cell.getTextFormat (); >> >> >> What is the equivalent of listContent in AS3? >> >> Thanks for your time. Any help would me much appreciated. >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> >> >> > > -- > > Glen Pike > 01326 218440 > www.glenpike.co.uk <http://www.glenpike.co.uk> > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
