Try calling the invalidate methods of MyMenuBar instead of the enable toggle to false and then true. Also see if using an XMLListCollection instead of XMLList as the dataprovider helps.
Web Manager FlexDownloads.com --- In [email protected], "hernanojuel" <hernanoj...@...> wrote: > > Hi everybody! > > I'm having trouble in changing my MenuBar menu items labels in real > time, even when I use e4x in order to access the labels and modifiy > them. > The strangest thing of all is that I'm able to change submenu items' > labels, but not the top menu items. > > Let me explain myself by showinf you some code: > > Here is the declaration of my menu, MXML-style: > <mx:MenuBar width="100%" labelField="@label" id="MyMenuBar" > itemClick="menuProcessor(event)"> > <mx:XMLList> > <menuitem label = "File"> > <submenuitem label="New"/> > <submenuitem label="Open"/> > <submenuitem label="Change Label"/> > </menuitem> > </mx:XMLList> > </mx:MenuBar> > > and here is my menu event handler function, which is located in the same > MXML file: > > public function menuProcessor(event:MenuEvent):void > { > switch (event.label){ > case "Change Label" > mymenubar.dataprovider[...@label = "'file' label > changed!"; // this won't work > event.it...@label="'change label' label also changed, > yeah!"; // this will work > break; > } > } > > Then, as I told you, the menu displays as the following: > > File > ----> 'change label' also changed! > > when it should have displayed as the following: > > 'file' label changed! > ----> 'change label' also changed! > > Why does the submenuitem change and the top menu one dosen't?? > > > > Now, here comes a funny thing... If I change the previous code by adding > a couple of lines: > > public function menuProcessor(event:MenuEvent):void > { > switch (event.label){ > case "Change Label" > mymenubar.dataprovider[...@label = "'file' label > changed!"; > event.it...@label="'change label' label also changed, > yeah!"; > MyMenuBar.enabled = false; > MyMenuBar.enabled = true; > break; > } > } > > ...then everything works fine! > > > > Can anybody throw some light on this? I'm really lost, I can't begin to > understand what's going on here! > I guess that whenever I change the "enabled" property of a MenuBar it > somehow updates the labels in the top menu items, but how can I force > the update withouth having to change the update property?? > > Thank you all! >
