you can add the following attribute: prompt="Please select..."
That will be the first option in your combo. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you want to happen? > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of srikanth_reddy_007 > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:01 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] how to Avoid - Compbo box fills up the first item > when databinding is used > > > > About Combobox filling up the first item by default when we databinding > > I don't get what you mean to say ... > > I have the code like this > > <mx:ComboBox id="txtFamilyName" > y="24" left="10" right="10" editable="true" > focusIn="fetchAutoCompleteData(event, 'Family')" > dataProvider="{modelLocator.searchModel.family}" > focusOut="foucusOutHandler()"/> > > in fetchAutoCompleteData function i will connect to database and > update modelLocator.searchModel.family variable which has a > databinding to ComboBox dataprovider. then the combobox will get > populated with the first item of modelLocator.searchModel.family array > . How can i avoid this? > > and secondly the combobox grows its size to the max item fetched in > the array. how can i avoid that too. > > Thanks, > Srikanth >
