thanks Anatole. i'll try it out. there's so much to learn in flex 2 ....its like a new language.
--- In [email protected], "Anatole Tartakovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bod, > We are actually supporting our DGComboBox as a standard object in our framework. As far as Flex 2, it is also supported - just implementation is different - listItemRenderer is dynamically created instead of grid. So there is no code change in the application - just internal implementation is different. > However, if you are "starting fresh" with Flex 2 and do not want 3rd party components this will do: > <mx:ComboBox labelField="fname" > dataProvider="{..}" > width="200" > > <mx:listItemRenderer > > <mx:Component verticalGap="0"> > <mx:HBox xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml"; xmlns="*" verticalGap="0" > hScrollPolicy="off" vScrollPolicy="off" > > > <mx:Label text="{dataObject.fname}" width="50%" /><mx:VRule height="20"/> > > <mx:Label text="{dataObject.lname}" width="50%"/> > > </mx:HBox> > </mx:Component> > </mx:listItemRenderer> > </mx:ComboBox> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: bhaq1972 > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:21 AM > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: problem with cell renderer in ComboBox > > > --- In [email protected], "Anatole Tartakovsky" > <anatolet@> wrote: > > > > As far as I recall, dropdown object can be "dropped" and recreated > when the data model and other things change. If you do not reassign > cellrenderer at that time it will be gone. It would make sense to me > to subclass the object and override getDropdown function to assign > cellrenderer on each call or at least when dropdown was not defined > at the time of the call. > > Thank you, > > Anatole > > i agree with you Anatole. infact this is what i'm doing for my > subclassed combobox(flex1.5). i override the getDropdown() method. > and instead of the dropdown being a List, it's a DataGrid (2 > columns, no header). my use case for this kind of dropdown is i can > show more information to the user. > > the only thing i don't like about this approach is its not supported. > > regards > bod > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com > > > > SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development > Macromedia flex Software development best practice > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- > -- 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/
