If you are using XML as the dataProvider, you should
be able to put
isBranch="true" into the XML and it will force it to be a Branch.
If you are using nested Objects and ArrayCollections as your
dataProvider, you have to set the "children" attribute to "new
Array()" to get it to work as a branch.
Renaun
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com,
"Jonas Windey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to create a folder-manager in flex that allows a user to
move,
> create and delete folders.
>
> The folderstructure gets sent to the client in xml format, like this:
>
>
>
> <root>
>
> <folder label="ftproot">
>
> <folder label="subfolder1" />
>
> <folder label="subfolder2" />
>
> </folder>
>
> <folder label="ftproot2" />
>
> </root>
>
>
>
> Etc.
>
>
>
> This is all working well, I get a treeview, and with some custom
icons it
> looks exactly like the explorer in windows.
>
> The problem arrives when folders are seen as leafs instead of nodes
(like
> every deepest folder for instance, is seen as a leaf)
>
>
>
> To enable true drag & drop, every node, also the leafs, should act as
a
> node. In explorer for instance, if you drag a folder on another
folder, it
> is automatically seen as a subfolder.
>
> Since Flex doesn't allow items to be dragged onto a leaf, I'm having a
> problem here. Once every folder is on the root node for instance, it's
> impossible to move any folder onto another folder.
>
>
>
> Anyone with a suggestion? I suppose I'll have to create a custom
> itemrenderer and force every item so it 'thinks' it has childnodes, but
> maybe someone could give me a good direction here.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
