The selectionColor value of the list should work. It does not matter that
you have a custom renderer the list still controls those styles.
Dan
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Dominic Watson <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks again guys, I am however, tearing my hair out over a different
> issue with the renderer (yeh they are dead simple :)
>
> My renderer is very simple and I write it inline with my mx:List control:
>
> <mx:List ...>
> <mx:itemRenderer>
> <mx:Component>
> <mx:Canvas>
> <mx:Label id="title" text="{data.title}" />
> <mx:Image id="itemBullet" source="{data.bullet}"
> right="0" y="2"/>
> </mx:Canvas>
> </mx:Component>
> </mx:itemRenderer>
> </mx:List>
>
> This all works lovely with the exception that I can't set the color of
> the label when an item is selected. Without the renderer I just used
> the selectedTextColor property of the mx:List control but that does
> not carry over to the custom renderer. I have tried:
>
> <mx:Label id="title" text="{data.title}" color="{data.color}" />
>
> And when an item is selected I update color properties for each
> dataCollection item based on whether it is selected or not - no joy
> (doing this works for the image btw - I only display an image for the
> selected item).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Dominic
>
>
> 2008/6/2 Simon Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > 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!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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