Well, I have figured it out for myself.
One thing that you have access to in a DataGrid Item Renderer is the
actual data itself. You can coerce this data to a DataGridListData
object which then has access to the rowIndex and columnIndex
properties you have clicked.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "valdhor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Here is my itemRenderer...
>
> package customcomponents
> {
> import flash.events.*;
> import mx.controls.*;
> import mx.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridListData;
> import mx.core.*;
>
> public class CellField extends LinkButton
> {
> public var fieldValue:String;
>
> public function CellField()
> {
> super();
> addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,
Application.application.cellClick);
> }
>
> override public function set data(value:Object):void
> {
> if(value != null)
> {
> super.data = value;
>
> fieldValue =
> value[DataGridListData(listData).dataField];
>
> if (Number(fieldValue) == 0)
> {
> label = "0";
> enabled = false;
> useHandCursor = false;
> }
> else
> {
> label = fieldValue;
> enabled = true;
> useHandCursor = true;
> setStyle("color", "#FF0000");
> setStyle("textDecoration", "underline");
> setStyle("textRollOverColor:",
> "#0000CC");
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> And here is how I am using it...
>
> <mx:DataGridColumn id="ConfigChangesColumn"
> headerText="{newline}Config{newline}Changes" dataField="configchanges"
> width="60" sortable="false" itemRenderer="customcomponents.CellField"/>
>
> and here is the cellclick function...
>
> public function cellClick(event:Event):void
> {
> Alert.show(String(event.currentTarget));
> }
>
> So, now I need to know which cell was clicked.
>
> Any help would be most appreciated.
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote:
> >
> > Where are you adding the event listener? Can you use itemClick event?
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of valdhor
> > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 12:59 PM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [flexcoders] DataGrid LinkButton - How to get columnIndex and
> > rowIndex when linkButton is cli
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I am a newbie with a problem - I have a datagrid with an itemRenderer.
> > The itemRenderer is an AS class that extends LinkButton and just
> > checks if the data is 0 or not. If it is 0 then disable the button.
> > Then it adds an event listener:
> >
> > addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Application.application.cellClick);
> >
> > This function gets called correctly but now I need to get the
> > columnIndex and rowIndex of the cell that the linkbutton was in. The
> > target and currentTarget are the same (The custom ItemRenderer class).
> > If I then try parentDocument, it returns the panel that holds the
> > datagrid. None of the panels or datagrids have ID's as they are
> > created on the fly based on a HTTPService lookup.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how to go about getting the columnIndex and
> > rowIndex of the clicked linkbutton?
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Steve
> >
>
