The itemRenderer is very simple. The source is below -- is there another that way I should code it? Thanks for any suggestions!
Paul <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; backgroundAlpha="1" horizontalScrollPolicy="off" verticalScrollPolicy="off" > <mx:Style> .normal { color: #0B333C; } .inactive { color: #AA0000; font-weight: bold; } </mx:Style> <mx:Label text="{data.name}" styleName="{data.status == 'a' ? 'normal' : 'inactive'}" selectable="false"/> </mx:Canvas> --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The key will be in your renderer code for the ComboBox. How did you set > up coloring? > > On occasion, the entire List is destroyed and re-created which can reset > your renderers. > > -Alex > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Whitelock > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Setting the Font Color for a Selected ComboBox > Item > > > > Yes, that's what I would have thought too :-) > > On the ComboBox close event this is all I'm doing: > > if (cb.selectedItem.status == "a") cb.setStyle("color", "#0B333C"); > else cb.setStyle("color", "#AA0000"); > > If I select an item in the list that has the color #0B333C (the > default dark gray font color for list items), then everything is fine > (the #AA0000 items in the list stay red and the #0B333C items in the > list stay gray). > > If I select a list item that has the red color, then when the > setStyle("color", "#AA0000") executes all of the list items are > rendered in red (#AA0000). > > A odd thing is that if I next select one of the (now red) list items > that should be gray, then when the cb.setStyle("color", "#0B333C") > executes the list items are rendered properly (gray items are gray and > red items are red). > > It seems it's only when setStyle changes the color to something other > than the default that the itemRenderer no longer has an effect. When > the color is changed back to the default, then the itemRenderer works > again. > > Very strange, and very irritating :-) > > Paul > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "Alex Harui" aharui@ wrote: > > > > In theory, if your renderer picks a new font color based on a > property, > > they should be ignoring the default color always. > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > ] On > > Behalf Of Paul Whitelock > > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:06 AM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Setting the Font Color for a Selected ComboBox > > Item > > > > I'm using a ComboBox with an itemRenderer to control the font color of > > items in the dropdown list (items in the dropdown list have their font > > color determined by a property value for each item). > > > > I'd like to have the font color for the selected item in the ComboBox > > match the font color that the item has in the dropdown list. By > > default, this doesn't happen. If I do a "setStyle" on the ComboBox to > > manually set the selected item's font color to match the font color > > the item has in the list, this works to set the selected item's font > > color, but it also sets the font color for every item in the dropdown > > list (it seems to override the itemRenderer). > > > > Is there a way that I can set the font color for a selected item in a > > ComboBox without impacting the font color (set by an itemRenderer) of > > dropdown list items? > > > > Thanks for any tips! > > > > Paul > > >
