Yeah, there's some good examples in the help docs. In your itemEditor, create a public variable. The name of this variable is what you will put in the dataGridColumn editorDataField property. In your itemEditor, cast the selected item data to the public variable, on the comboBox change event.
-TH --- In [email protected], "securenetfreedom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried using that earlier and got undesirable results: > > If I use editorDataField="data" then the text field is populated with > [object Object]. If I use editorDataField="data.CostCode" then I get a > runtime error that data.CostCode does not exist. > > Any ideas on how to use this properly? > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Tim Hoff" <TimHoff@> wrote: > > > > Cool. Nothing wrong with using the itemEditEnd event. Works well if > > you need to message the data or update conditionally. A simpler way > > though, is to use the editorDataField propery. > > > > -TH > > > > --- In [email protected], "securenetfreedom" <nv1000@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks, Tim! > > > > > > Works well. It displays the combobox's label property in the Text > > > field. However, I need to update the datagrid's dataprovider with > > the > > > 'data' property of the combobox. > > > > > > Currently I'm capturing the grid's itemEditEnd event and grabbing > > > event.itemRenderer.data.CostCode value and updating the grid's DP > > > manually. Something tells me there's an easier way. > > > > > > Here's the dataGridColumn: > > > > > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Code" > > > dataField="CostCode" > > > itemEditor="controls.GridCBRenderer" > > > > <mx:itemRenderer> > > > <mx:Component> > > > <mx:Text selectable="false" width="100%" > > > text="{data.CostCode}" /> > > > </mx:Component> > > > </mx:itemRenderer> > > > </mx:DataGridColumn> > > > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Tim Hoff" <TimHoff@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Jeff, > > > > > > > > Use the Label as the itemRenderer and the ComboBox as the > > itemEditor. > > > > > > > > -TH > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "securenetfreedom" <nv1000@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to combine a combobox/label cell renderer for a > > > > > datagrid so that when the cell has NO focus is displays a label > > and > > > > > when the cell takes focus the combobox takes visibility? > > > > > > > > > > I have a label renderer and combobox renderer but I can't seem > > to > > > > get > > > > > them to work in tandem. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
