Hi Alex, Thanks for the tip. The problem for me though - is that I'm trying to learn how the Mate Framework functions and I have no idea how to access the TileList's selectedIndex from the class handling the RO event response. Or any other UI component for that matter.
Hell, I'm not even making sense to myself anymore ;) --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Normally, I'd just set it whenthe result event from the RO is > dispatched. If you have everything wired up via binding, you could try > CollectionChangeEventKind.RESET > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of calisza > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:55 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Setting "default" selectedIndex > > > > I have what may seem a silly question to all you Flex Ninjas out > there, but I need to do the following and can't seem to find the right > way to do so : > > I have a TileList with a custom itemRenderer, each item being a > thumbnail. The dataProvider is populated from a RemoteObject call. > Next to the TileList I have a VBox containing an Image and Label. > > Now, when the user clicks on a thumbnail in the TileList, the Image > and Label change accordingly using selectedItem. No problem. > > When the app first loads, I can use the "creationComplete()" event of > the TileList to manually set the selectedIndex to 1 and therefore > display the first thumbnail in my main Image control. > > Now the problem comes in, when the TileList's dataProvider changes > (i.e. the user performs a search and the thumbnail list gets updated) > - how do I then manually set the TileList's selectedIndex back to 1, > since it seems to get cleared automatically (for good reason). > I just have no idea which event to listen for - "dataChange" doesn't > seem to work and having gone through the API, I can't see any other > event which I can use. > > I'm also assuming here that only the TileList in this instance has a > "selectedIndex" property. > > Like I said, it seems like a silly problem to have, and I'm getting > pretty frustrated being held up by something this basic. > > Any help would be much appreciated - even if it's a pointer to a > manual entry, anything :) > > TIA, > Barry >
