that exactly was it.. thanks so much Doug!
On 2/5/07, Doug Lowder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aha - the key is to provide a dataTipFunction, otherwise the > tooltips are only displayed when the label is too long to fit within > the allotted space. > > http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/mx/controls/listClasses > /ListBase.html#showDataTips > > I gave it a try, and sure enough the following sample app works. > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <!-- Tree control example. --> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.events.ListEvent; > > public function onItemRollOver(event: ListEvent) : void { > ta.text = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > } > > public function getDataTip(item: Object) : String { > return [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > <mx:XMLList id="treeData"> > <node label="Mail Box"> > <node label="Inbox"> > <node label="Marketing"/> > <node label="Product Management"/> > <node label="Personal"/> > </node> > <node label="Outbox"> > <node label="Professional"/> > <node label="Personal"/> > </node> > <node label="Spam"/> > <node label="Sent"/> > </node> > </mx:XMLList> > > <mx:Panel title="Tree Control Example" height="75%" width="75%" > paddingTop="10" paddingLeft="10" paddingRight="10" > paddingBottom="10"> > > <mx:Label width="100%" color="blue" > text="Select a node in the Tree control."/> > > <mx:HDividedBox width="100%" height="100%"> > <mx:Tree width="50%" height="100%" labelField="@label" > itemRollOver="onItemRollOver(event as ListEvent)" > showDataTips="true" dataTipFunction="getDataTip" > showRoot="false" dataProvider="{treeData}" /> > <mx:TextArea id="ta" height="100%" width="50%" text=""/> > </mx:HDividedBox> > > </mx:Panel> > </mx:Application> > > > > -- > 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 > > > >
