[flexcoders] Re: Flex 4: MouseOver not firing on a UIComponent Item Renderer

2011-09-06 Thread turbo_vb
It doesn't seem that skinning is something that Adobe considered would need to be done in a skin class, for an item renderer. But, you can apply a skin class to them if desired. At each level: GroupBase, Group, DataRenderer, and finally ItemRenderer, you get additional functionality; and conse

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 4: MouseOver not firing on a UIComponent Item Renderer

2011-09-06 Thread Nick Middleweek
Thanks for the tip... If I bumped up to GroupBase, does that mean I can use Spark skinning as well or is this not related? On 6 September 2011 16:31, turbo_vb wrote: > ** > > > You might try bumping up from UIComponent to GroupBase and set > mouseEnabledWhereTransparent = true; > > -TH > >

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 4: MouseOver not firing on a UIComponent Item Renderer

2011-09-06 Thread Nick Middleweek
brilliant, this worked: this.graphics.beginFill(0xFF, 0); // zero = alpha off. Thanks! On 6 September 2011 15:54, Alex Harui wrote: > ** > > > Something has to draw onto every pixel, otherwise the mouse hit passes > through to underneath. You can set the alpha to 0 and it will still

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 4: MouseOver not firing on a UIComponent Item Renderer

2011-09-06 Thread turbo_vb
You might try bumping up from UIComponent to GroupBase and set mouseEnabledWhereTransparent = true; -TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui wrote: > > Something has to draw onto every pixel, otherwise the mouse hit passes > through to underneath. You can set the alpha to 0 and it wi

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 4: MouseOver not firing on a UIComponent Item Renderer

2011-09-06 Thread Alex Harui
Something has to draw onto every pixel, otherwise the mouse hit passes through to underneath. You can set the alpha to 0 and it will still work. You can also set background=true and pick a backgroundColor on the TextField and not have to draw the fill. On 9/6/11 2:18 AM, "Nick Middleweek" w

[flexcoders] Re: Flex 4: MouseOver not firing on a UIComponent Item Renderer

2011-09-06 Thread Nick Middleweek
OK, well I've settled with the white background for now... On 5 September 2011 11:36, Nick Middleweek wrote: > Hi, > > We're using Flex 4 and have an Item Renderer that extends UIComponent. > > We're adding a TextField that's added in createChildren(). > > In the Constructor(), I'm adding th