Try prompt="Please Select". - Gordon
-----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of digital_eyezed Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:30 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: ComboBox 'Please Select' first Item Thanks, Added this and it worked: function addSelect(event){ var theTargetId = event.target; theTargetId.addItemAt(0,"Please Select",0); theTargetId.selectedIndex = 0; } Small typo in yours, its addItemAt not addItemsAt, took me a wee while to notice it. Best Regards, Iain --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Clint Modien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Should be > > function addSelect(event){ > var theTarget = event.target <http://event.target.id/>; > theTarget.addItemsAt(0,new Array([{label:"Please Select",data:0}]); > } > > Or the easiest way would be to add the Item to the result when you get it > back > > event.result.push({label:"Please Select", data:0}); > > the "label" and "data" properties of the object should coincide with the > properties of your VO > > if you can give me the definition of the VO maybe I can elaborate > > On 6/29/05, digital_eyezed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > How do I have the first item in the combobox read 'please select' > > with a corrosponding data value of 0(zero). The rest of the combobox > > should be filled with a return from a remote object call and the > > resulting VO objects (with label / Data pairs). > > > > I can fill the comboBox with the VO's no problem, but How do I add > > the 'Please Select'? > > > > I have tried this function on the creationComplete event of the > > Combobox: > > > > function addSelect(event){ > > var theTargetId = event.target.id <http://event.target.id>; > > theTargetId.addItemAt(0,"Please Select",0); > > } > > > > any help most appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > Iain > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/