Try using the mouseFocusChange event. I've used it a few times for deselecting items in a list when anywhere else is clicked. For your needs, you may have to adapt it but give it a try.
I have a blog post about it at: http://my.opera.com/darylducharme/blog/2007/12/14/hidden-gems-mousefocus\ change --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "whatabrain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have an AdvancedDataGrid which has a few rows, and lots of empty > space. When I click on the empty space, I want all the rows to be > deselected. How do I detect that I've clicked in an empty space? > > I tried using grid.getObjectsUnderPoint() in the "click" event, but the > results aren't very useful. I guess I could depend on the fact that > there are always more than three objects when I click on a real row, > and exactly three when I click on empty space, but that seems like a > bad thing to depend on. Who knows what future versions of Flex will add > to the list? > > There must be a better way! > > Thanks. >
