The ComboBox itself should dispatch a valueCommit event if the text is changed via drop-down selection.
On 3/13/14 10:44 AM, "mark goldin" <[email protected]> wrote: >I see. But what I am after is to highlight a text when an item is >selected. >No matter what I do the selected item is not highlighted. However, >switching between any Windows application and Flex will highlight it. So, >it's about positioning a focus somewhere and then place it back to the >combo. Any thoughts? > >Thanks > > >On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you choose from the drop down, the textInput is programmatically >> modified so no change notification event is dispatched. >> >> On 3/13/14 9:37 AM, "mark goldin" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >I have the following code to accomplish what is says in the title: >> > >> >override protected function childrenCreated():void >> >{ >> >super.childrenCreated(); >> >textInput.addEventListener("change", onValueChange, false, 0, true); >> >} >> >private function onValueChange(event:Event):void >> >{ >> >textInput.selectRange(0, textInput.text.length); >> >} >> > >> >The listener is not called when I use a mouse to change a value. But >>if I >> >type in it does fire. >> >Not sure what would the difference be. Any idea? >> > >> >Thanks >> >>
