interesting...thanks for the reply. one way I just thought of was to ensure that all list items were the same width, something in my problem I can assume. Then based on mouseX and these widths should be able to figure out which item the mouse is over in the slected group.
DK On 8/4/05, Aldo Bucchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > If there is no clean way to do it ( i would still look further ), a > nasty hack would be something like this: > > - when the drag starts. > - determine the mc below the mouse at that time ( take a look at > lowlevelevents, if that doesn't do it, I can give you a snippet that > works just fine ) > - traverse up the _parents till you hit the one you want > ---- how to test?... > ------ first, assert that the mc is of the class that renders the item > you want ( probably one in the mx.controls.listclasses package ) > ------ then you'll have to look at the specific api for a way to get > the data item. Or perhaps the index in the list, which is more > generic. > > There are others way to do the testing, use your imagination. This is > where exploring the api gets fun. > > Anyway, I would still look for a cleaner solution first. > > Best, > Aldo > > On 8/4/05, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but which on eof those items is the mouse on? Say the user selected 5 > > items contiguously then initiated a drag on them. I want to know > > which item teh mouse is on. > > > > DK > > > > On 8/4/05, Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 8/4/05, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Consider using a list and the drag+drop manager. Assume the user has > > > > selected three items in the list contiguously. Can I determine which > > > > of the three items the users mouse is on upon a click and hold? I > > > > can't seem to see anything in the docs as of yet. > > > > > > Doesn't selectedIndices give you the indices of the items? > > > > > > Manish > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Douglas Knudsen > > http://www.cubicleman.com > > this is my signature, like it? > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ::::: Aldo Bucchi ::::: > mobile (56) 8 429 8300 > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hli6iuv/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1705007207:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123192868/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
