Does signalList have an extra element in it?
Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of netdeep Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 11:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: combobox fills in with blank element Here is the relevant code from the component with the combobox: [Bindable] private var signalList:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection(); public function setSignals(sig:ArrayCollection):void { signalList = sig; } <mx:ComboBox dataProvider="{signalList}" selectedIndex="0" toolTip="{signal.selectedItem.name}" change="selectSignal()" color="#000000" id="signal" labelField="name"/> And here is my Application actionscript code for populating signalList: var arr:Array = archiveList.selectedItems; for (var i:int=0; i<arr.length; i++) { if (!signalList.contains(arr[i].name)) { signalList.addItem(arr[i].name); } } var sort:Sort = new Sort(); // Set the sort field (case-insensitive) sort.fields = [new SortField(null,true)]; // Assign the Sort object to the view. signalList.sort = sort; // Apply the sort to the collection. signalList.refresh(); --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Show your code. Last time, someone was inadvertently putting a space > into the CB's dataProvider > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of netdeep > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 5:48 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] combobox fills in with blank element > > > > I have an ArrayCollection which is the dataProvider for a combobox in a > custom component. > However the ArrayCollection is located in the application so I assign it > to the custom > component via actionscript in the component. > > When I call addItem on the ArrayCollection the items go into the > combobox, however the > first element is always blank. How can I can get rid of this and get the > combobox to add only > the items I am adding to the ArrayCollection? >
