Another detail -- putting the skin on the first subclass of ADG fixes the problem with verticalGridLines and alternatingItemColors, but it still breaks sortExpertMode="false."
--- In [email protected], "whatabrain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, that's what I meant. > > And it looks like it's even more specific. If I put the skin on the > bottom-level class (the one that subclasses ADG) or the actual > instance of the grid, it works fine. There's only a problem when the > skin is in the middle class. > > Here's a minimal piece of code which demonstrates the problem: > > > ==== StandardTreeGrid.mxml (in myCode namespace) ==== > > <!-- This class overrides various properties of ADG --> > <!-- Putting the skin here fixes the problem --> > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:AdvancedDataGrid xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > verticalGridLines="false"> > </mx:AdvancedDataGrid> > > > ==== StandardTreeGrid2.mxml (in myCode namespace) ==== > > <!-- Override headerSeparatorSkin. Only here does the skin cancel out > the properties of StandardTreeGrid --> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <myCode:StandardTreeGrid xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > headerSeparatorSkin="CustomHeaderSeparator"> > </myCode:StandardTreeGrid> > > > ==== main.mxml ==== > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > xmlns:ics="myCode.*"> > > <!-- putting the skin here fixes the problem --> > <ics:StandardTreeGrid2> > <ics:columns> > <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn/> > <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn/> > </ics:columns> > </ics:StandardTreeGrid2> > > > ==== CustomHeaderSeparator.as ==== > > package > { > import mx.skins.ProgrammaticSkin; > > public class CustomHeaderSeparator extends ProgrammaticSkin > { > public function CustomHeaderSeparator() {super();} > override public function get measuredWidth():Number {return 2;} > override public function get measuredHeight():Number {return 10;} > > override protected function updateDisplayList(w:Number, h:Number):void > {return;} > } > } > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Pan Troglodytes" > <chimpathetic@> wrote: > > > > I might have to see some code before I can figure it out. But out > of > > curiosity, when you say you "override" headerSeparatorSkin, do you > mean you > > just do something like: > > > > <mx:StandardTreeGrid > headerSeparatorSkin="MyHeaderSeparatorSkinClass"> > > > > or are you talking about doing something in the actual actionscript > code? > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:24 PM, whatabrain <junk1@> wrote: > > > > > While trying to answer your question, I found out what was > causing the > > > problem, but I'm still not sure why. > > > > > > I have a class called StandardTreeGrid, which subclasses ADG. > It's in > > > StandardTreeGrid that I override things like verticalGridLines. > Now if > > > I override headerSeparatorSkin in StandardTreeGrid, everything > works > > > fine. But if I subclass StandardTreeGrid and override > > > headerSeparatorSkin there, I lose a bunch of ADG attributes. > > > > > > Any idea how I can fix this? > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com>, "Pan > > > Troglodytes" <chimpathetic@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Did you override just the headerSeparatorSkin, or go farther? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:29 PM, whatabrain <junk1@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for, and it fixed my > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > However, overriding the skin also overrode lots of ADG > settings, > > > like > > > > > verticalGridLines, alternatingItemColors and sortExpertMode. > Is > > > there > > > > > any way to avoid that? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jason > > >
