Here are the steps I'm using for something similar: In the click event handler for your "edit" button treeReference.editable = true;
treeReference.dispatchEvent(new ListEvent( ListEvent.ITEM_EDIT_BEGINNING, false, false, 0, indexOfItemToEdit) ); On your tree set itemEditEnd="editEnd(event)" In editEnd treeReference.editable=false; --- In [email protected], "nocturnal_world" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I just joined this group hoping to find an answer to this flex project > I am working on. > > Basically what I need to do is, I have a tree, it has a folder and > some items in it. Then I have this button called edit. > > What I want to do is, if I select an item on the tree, then I click on > the edit button, the selected item on the tree becomes editable. > > I know it sounds simple, but I can't do it. I have been trying to > solve this on my own even though I have no proper training on flex. > > Hope you guys can point me to the right direction. > > Thanks in advance. >

