I found this link awesome for custom list renderers! http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/?p=107
Dan, I found the same thing, pulled my hair out on that one for a hot second http://www.nutrixinteractive.com/blog/?p=56 Cheers Simon On 2 Jun 2008, at 16:36, Dan Vega wrote: > Item Renderers are pretty easy and they give you full control of the > layout. > One issue I had and I am sure you will run into at some point is > accessing > other ui components or methods from within the item renderer. There > is a > special static variable called outerDocument when using a component. > In my > example there is a drop down combo box that contains the selected > album, to > get the value I wrote a quick function but without the outerDocument > you are > unable to access the methods because they are out of scope. Hope > this helps. > > <mx:TileList id="tlPhotos" dataProvider="{_photos}" width="800" > height="500" itemClick="onItemClick(event)"> > <mx:itemRenderer> > <mx:Component> > <mx:VBox horizontalScrollPolicy="off" > verticalScrollPolicy="off" width="125" height="125" > horizontalAlign="center"> > <mx:Image > source="albums/{outerDocument.getSelectedAlbum()}/{data.Name}" > width="100" > height="100" buttonMode="true"/> > </mx:VBox> > </mx:Component> > </mx:itemRenderer> > </mx:TileList> > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > >> yes an itemrenderer will definitely do it - and they are quite easy >> to >> do in Flex. >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Stefan >> >> >> >> On 2 Jun 2008, at 15:57, Dominic Watson wrote: >> >>>> I am still pretty new so I am not sure if there is a way to do >>>> that. I do >>>> know that you can create your own Item Renderer though that would >>>> have the >>>> text first and then an icon. >>>> >>>> Dan >>> >>> Thanks dan, was hoping to avoid that learning curve (started Flex on >>> Saturday night) but I guess its time to get stuck in there! >>> >>> I must say though, I have a fully working slideshow presentation app >>> that takes an external xml file for its slide content configuration >>> - playing videos & sound clips much like cfpresentation, and >>> developed in a weekend starting at zero Flex knowledge = Flex & Flex >>> Builder are awesome! >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/Flex/message.cfm/messageid:5277 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/Flex/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
