Hi Tim, Thanks so much, your tips did the trick. I'm going to go the whole event dispatching route, but it's good to know how to access the parentDocument elements.
And ditto on the removeChild bit - i had to laugh at myself when I read your response - it's how we learn :) thanks again, B --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Hoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Barry, > > Sorry to laugh a little, but parent.removeChild(this), is actually > removing the itemRenderer display object; and leaving a hole in the > TileList. There are a few ways to remove list items; from within an > itemRenderer. But, most of them involve referencing the list's > dataProvider directly; using something like: > > myArrayCollection.removeItemAt(myTileList.selectedIndex); > > Now, how do you get to the dataProvider from within the itemRenderer. > Probably the best way is to dispatch an event when the delete button is > clicked. Using events takes advantage of loose coupling. Listen for > the event in the class that contains the TileList and remove the item > from the dataProvider. Depending on how you have it setup, chances are > that when you click the button inside the itemRenderer, the TileList's > selected item and index will change automatically. > > Another way, if you want to get dirty, is to do something like this on > the click event of the delete button: > > this.parentDocument.myTileList.dataProvider.removeItemAt(listData.rowInd\ > ex); > > -TH > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "calisza" <barry@> wrote: > > > > After having a look around at various blogs, resources etc I'm stumped > > on the following : > > > > I have a TileList using a custom itemRenderer. The dataprovider is a > > standard ArrayCollection of objects. > > > > The itemRenderer contains an Image, a Label and a Button. When the > > user clicks the button - I want to remove that particular item from > > both the Tilelist and the dataProvider. > > > > The problem is that "parent.removeChild(this)" only works partially > > (it clears the tilelist "block" of the item's content, but the empty > > block remains in place... still highlighted). I also have no idea how > > to access the dataProvider from within the itemRenderer. > > parent.dataProvider and owner.dataProvider don't seem to work, my > > guess being that dataProvider is a private property. > > > > Any ideas ? Is there perhaps a better way of doing this ? (still new > > to flex so still learning). > > > > TIA, > > Barry > > >
