Keith:
Sorry, hit send to quick and forgot to mention that I you don't need the
binding brackets anyway, because a Click event is not bound but called on
each click. See my first example.
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Pat Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Keith!
>
> Try this:
>
> <mx:Button label="Hello" click="trace(event.target.label)"/>
>
> so in your case, it might look something like this. You might need to
> cast.
>
> <mx:CheckBox click="{someComponent.prop=event.target.selected}" />
>
> event.target will point to the component that was clicked.
>
> Thanks
> -Pat
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> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Is there a shortcut way to reference the current component that you are
>>
>> using Binding Brackets with in its tags without using "id" ?
>> Like using "this" but it would be for the current component instead of
>> the class of the MXML file.
>>
>> I just feel it's redundant and tiresome when I have to retype the id of
>> the component.
>> This would help in situations where it's not necessary for me to bother
>> giving the component an "id".
>>
>> Currently I do:
>> <mx:CheckBox id="myCB" click="{someComponent.prop=myCB.selected}" />
>>
>> I don't want to use "this":
>> "this" is a reference to the class of the MXML.
>> <mx:CheckBox click="{someComponent.prop=this.selected}" />
>>
>> -- Keith H --
>> www.keith-hair.net
>>
>>
>>
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