None of my messages are getting posted on this forum. The dataProvider is a ArrayCollection of cusom objects. I added listeners to each object before I added the object to the horizontal list at runtime. I am not sure how to propogate the events when an item is selected from the horizontal list.
--- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <tr...@...> wrote: > > You must use the collection API to add the items in order for the necessary > events to be dispatched to update the UI. > > > > What is the data type of you dataProvider? > > > > Tracy Spratt, > > Lariat Services, development services available > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of veena_kris2003 > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 6:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Question about a flex component > > > > > > Please help. The items are being added dynamically to the <mx:HorizontalList > id="test" bottom="0" width="100%" > backgroundColor="0x000000" horizontalScrollPolicy="on" > verticalScrollPolicy="off"/> I debugged the code and the > items are being added, but I can't see them in the UI. > If I change mx:HorizontalList to mx:HBox I can see the items > in the UI. What am I doing wrong? > > --- In flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, > Gordon Smith <gosmith@> wrote: > > > > No, I don't have an example and don't have time to create one for you > since I'm a development engineer, not a support engineer. But here is what > you should try, learning as you go: > > > > 1. Create an app with an <mx:HorizontalList>. > > 2. Make it show data items by assigning its dataProvider. Put in more data > items that will fit. > > 3. Turn off its scrollbar by setting horizontalScrollPolicy="off". > > 4. Create <mx:Button>s for "Previous" and "Next", positioned to the left > and right of the HorizontalList. > > 5. In their 'click' handlers, put code like > horizontalList.horizontalScrollPosition += 1. Use -= for the Previous > button. > > > > Gordon Smith > > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > > > From: flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com > [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com] > On Behalf Of veena_kris2003 > > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:42 PM > > To: flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Question about a flex component > > > > > > > > Do you mind posting an example. It sounds like this is what I was looking > for. I need a horizontal list component with an icon at the right end of the > component that I can click and scroll to more items. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Veena > > > > --- In flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > ups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Gordon Smith <gosmith@> wrote: > > > > > > Why not just allow scrolling instead of paging? Scrolling components can > scroll through thousands of items quickly. > > > > > > Suppose there are 100 items and you can only see 10 at a time. So first > you see 0-9. When you click the icon you see 10-19. When you click it again > you'd see 20-29. So you'd need another icon ("previous page" instead of > "next page") to go back to 10-19 and then 0-9. > > > > > > Gordon Smith > > > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > > > > > From: flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > ups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogro > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > ups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of veena pandit > > > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:22 AM > > > To: flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > ups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Question about a flex component > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am new to Flex. I am looking for help on designing a custom component > that will > > > hold a lot of items. When the items exceed the number that are visible > in the ui > > > of this horizontal component on the webpage an icon appears, which if > you click > > > will show a list of the other components you can click again and restore > the ui with > > > that item. Hope you understand what I am talking about. If not please > post for clarification. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Veena > > > > > >
