I was given the answer - I'll share it in case it helps anyone else. It was to use callLater
callLater(myDataGrid.invalidateList); On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:20 PM, oopdog <oop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello there, > > I have a DataGrid and one of the columns contains a custom CheckBox (item > renderer/editor). > > When the user selects the CheckBox I want to over-ride a value in another > column. The problem is that the value of the other column is not updating > until AFTER the user has selected a different row or has taken focus away > from the DataGrid by clicking on something else, but I would really like the > column to update as soon as the CheckBox has been checked. > > Currently this is what I have: > > 1) User clicks checkbox ( I capture the 'onItemBegin' event and check that > it's the CheckBox which is being edited... if (event.itemRenderer is > CheckBox) ... > 2) I examine the underlying data (in this case it's an XMLListCollection) > and if conditions are correct I change the value of my data property, then > call myDataGrid.invalidateList(); > > Nothing seems to update the DataGrid visually until the user has clicked > something else! > I have tried calling all the invalidation methods I can think of, as well > as validateNow() So frustrated! Please help. >
