Wow, I spent days hacking a solution that was not pretty. I guess I did not look at the source as carefully as I should have.
Your solution works! Just 1 line of code, calling the super method setting ctrl to true. Thank you, Paul. P.S., I'm writing some unique controls to mimick the functionality of my HTML ajax controls and I plan on contributing them to open source. This forum is great. Frank --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suppose you could subclass DG and override selectItem(). > > > > -Alex > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul DeCoursey > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 6:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: DataGrid multiple selection without CNTL key > > > > What do you mean not intuitive?!? That is how the built in HTML > selection list works. > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "Frank" <bayamos@> wrote: > > > > Is it possible to modify the behavior of the DataGrid so that user can > > make multiple selections without holding down the CNTL key? > > > > I'm converting an Ajax app to Flex, and the HTML component I am > > replacing does not require the holding down of the control key to make > > multiple selections. > > > > It's not intuitive to force the user to hold down the CNTL key to make > > multiple selections, specially when you are coming from a HTML web > app. > > > > Or should I be using another component? > > > > Frank > > >
