Thanks, I'm pretty sure there is a bug in there, perhaps only pertaining to XML data providers. dataTipField still did not work with my XMLList but when I changed to an mx:Model everything worked fine.
...well not everything. Is there a way to only display these data tips when the string is larger than the cell? Right now it always displays them which is kind of annoying. I suppose I could change the style of the data tip so it looks just like the regular cell but with alternating row colors that will be difficult. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > you may also need datatipField or dataTipFunction. I think there was a > bug with dataTipField in 2.x that is fixed in 3.0 > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of chuyler1 > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 2:03 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] DataGrid Tooltips for data that is larger than > cell? > > > > I'm surprised that Flex doesn't have this built-in, or at least I > can't figure it out. If I mouse over a cell with data that extends > beyond the allocated space for that cell, how can I have a tooltip > popup with the full string of data? > > I have tried using showDataTips but it just displays the entire row > object (as XML) instead of just the data pertinent to that cell. >