I'm by no means on Alex's level of Flex knowledge, but a Button combined with a Menu component would work too. You wouldn't get into resizing issues and you'd still be able to do styling without resorting to UIComponent first principles. :)
--- In [email protected], "Sascha" <sbal...@...> wrote: > > I've made a short test and that seems to work so far. Thanks for the hint > Ben! > > I almost started to try writing a custom component from a Button and a List > wrapped into a UIComponent as Alex Harui suggested in a message I've found > but seems that that's not necessary. > > > > Sascha > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Ben Reynolds > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Making ComboBox stay open after item select? > > > > > > > > > Something like: > > package > { > import flash.events.Event; > import mx.controls.ComboBox; > > public class ComboBoxNoClose extends ComboBox > { > public function ComboBoxNoClose() > { > super(); > } > > public override function close(trigger:Event = null):void > { > if (trigger != null) > super.close(); > > > } > } > } > > --- In [email protected], "Sascha" <sbalkau@> wrote: > > > > Does anyone know how to modify the ComboBox so that it stays open after > > selecting an item? > > > > I need such a ComboBox for a client that opens/closes only if the user > > clicks on the 'header area' of the ComboBox or that closes only if clicked > > outside the ComboBox. > > > > The use case for this is that the ComboBox will have custom item renderers > > that contain (for example) a CheckBox and a Label and the user should be > > able to make several selections without the ComboBox closing inbetween. > > > > I've made this before by wrapping all the stuff into a Panel and changing > > the Panels height on close so that only the header is visible but that > > method is rather suboptimal, especially for skinning. > > > > Would be great if somebody has a workaround for this! > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Sascha >
