Hi Alex, Thank you for the reply. After I dig further the forum, I found a thread that actually already tackle this problem.
Here's the thread: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/69360 Find the reply by Doug McCune. He got the solution in his blog. Doug, you are the man! --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You could just keep setting selectedIndices > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of handitan > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 3:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Checkbox needs to have the same behavior like > 'ctrlkey+mouse click' in datagrid > > > > Hi, > > I have a datagrid that allows me to do select multiple rows by holding > down ctrlkey and clicking each row, and it also allows me to drag those > rows to a tree. > > Now, I have been told to replicate this same behavior but with checkbox. > > So I already have checkbox as part of the datagridColumn but I got > confused on how to solve this after my first solution failed. > > My solution was I am dispatching the ctrkey event to dataGrid and let > the dataGrid does it magic in saving the selected row as I mouseclick > the row. > > public function chkBoxHandler(event:Event):void > { > myGrid.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent > (KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN,true,false,0,17,1,true)); > } > > <mx:DataGrid id="myGrid" dataProvider="{dataBucket.datas}" > height="100%" > width="100%" > dragEnabled="true" > dragEnter="onDragEnter(event)" > dragOver="onDragOver(event)" > dragDrop="onDragDrop(event)" > allowMultipleSelection="true" > doubleClickEnabled="true" > itemDoubleClick="itemDoubleClickEvt(event)" > itemClick="itemClickEvt(event)" > > > <mx:columns> > <mx:DataGridColumn id="checkBox" minWidth="20" width="20" > sortable="false" > > <mx:itemRenderer> > <mx:Component> > <mx:HBox> > <mx:CheckBox labelPlacement="bottom" height="18" > click="outerDocument.chkBoxHandler(event)"/> > </mx:HBox> > </mx:Component> > </mx:itemRenderer> > </DataGridColumn> > ... and there are multiple other DataGridColumns > > Any ideas? >
