for posterity, I finally came up with a decent solution.
To programatically deselect an item from a Tree:
treeObjectName.selectedItem = null;
Hope that helps somebody at some point.
H
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "hardaur55" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Good morning all,
>
> I'm trying to set up a tree control so that branch items open and close
> on select just as if somebody had clicked the twirly.
>
> I've got everything taken care of but I need to find a way to
> programatically deselect the branch item.
>
> Here's the code problem:
>
> In my Tree change event handler
>
> public function handleTreeChangeEvent(event:Event):void
> {
> //some code
>
> if (selectedVideoId != '')
> {
> trace(selectedVideoId + " is the selected video");
> }
> else
> {
> if (videoTree.isItemOpen(selectedVideo))
> {
> videoTree.expandItem(selectedVideo, false, true);
> //**** I now need to deselect this tree item
> }
> else
> {
> videoTree.expandItem(selectedVideo, true, true);
> //**** I now need to deselect this tree item.
> }
> }
> }
>
> See the //**** comments for details on what I'm trying to do.
>
> I very much appreciate any light anybody can shine on this, I've been
> beating up google and the API docs for the last few hours with no
> results.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> H
>
