Thanks Ben, that helped a bit. I have two ComboBoxes on the Form and each had an enabled="false" in the MXML. However, when I removed the enabled="false" from the MXML I was still getting the i-beam and selectable text.
In my code I'm also programatically changing the enabled state of the ComboBoxes, so I tried removing the code where the ComboBoxes are disabled in response to other settings in the form. This time it worked: the i-beam cursor was gone and the text was no longer selectable. Of course the ComboBoxes are always enabled now, which is bad. I did discover something else odd. With the enabled="false" gone in the MXML I can programatically enable and disable the SECOND ComboBox without it becoming selectable (the first ComboBox still has the problem when it is programatically disabled and enabled). Anyone know of a way to disabling/enabling a ComboBox without running into this problem of the text becoming selectable? Paul --- In [email protected], "ben.clinkinbeard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I actually discovered this same issue in my app a few days ago. I also > have several other ComboBoxes (including one right next to the > problematic one) that don't display the i-beam. > > After a bit of investigation, it seems that having enabled="false" in > the ComboBox's MXML tag (then enabling it at some point of course) > causes the selectable text. Any idea on a workaround? > > Thanks, > Ben > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Whitelock" <news@> wrote: > > > > I've got a ComboBox in a Form and for some reason the text is > > selectable (i.e., the I-bar cursor is displayed when you move over the > > ComboBox and you can drag-select the text displayed for the currently > > selected list item). The "editable" property is not defined, and it > > doesn't make a difference if "editable" is explicitly set to false > > (note that it is not possible to type text into the ComboBox, just > > select the text that is there). There's no "selectable" property for a > > ComboBox, so I can't use that to disable text selection. > > > > I have ComboBoxes in other Forms that don't have this problem and I > > don't see any differences between this ComboBox and the others in my > > code. Any ideas on what I can do to make the ComboBox text > > non-selectable? Thanks! > > > > Paul > > >
