Good to know. I'll use PopUpButton instead. Thanks Alex! ~Aaron
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about PopUpButton instead. I don't really want to dig into > editable Menus. It wasn't intended behavior > > > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Aaron Miller > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:18 PM > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Creating a popup Menu input > > > > Hello, > > > > I want to have a quick little popup text input so I am using a Menu > component set to editable and using an item renderer. I've almost got it > working, except I get a null property error when hit enter (coming from > List.itemEditorItemEditBeginHandler). > > > > Here is my menu creation code: > > > > ========================== > > private function onBranchCategoryClick(): void { > > var menuLoc:Point = new Point(); > > var menu:Menu; > > > > // Calculate position of Menu in Application's coordinates. > > menuLoc.x = idBranchCategoryBtn.x + 10; > > menuLoc.y = idBranchCategoryBtn.y + idBranchCategoryBtn.height > + 20; > > menuLoc = this.localToGlobal(menuLoc); > > > > menu = Menu.createMenu(Application(Application.application), > [''], false); > > menu.width = 100; > > menu.height = 25; > > menu.editable = true; > > menu.itemRenderer = new > ClassFactory(pkg.renderers.BranchCategoryMenuRenderer); > > //menu.rendererIsEditor = true; > > menu.addEventListener( "itemClick", > handleCategoryBranchSelected ); > > menu.show(menuLoc.x, menuLoc.y); > > } > > ========================== > > > > And the item renderer code: > > ========================== > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:TextInput xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; text="{data}" > > implements="mx.controls.menuClasses.IMenuItemRenderer" > change="data = this.text"> > > <mx:Script> > > <![CDATA[ > > import mx.controls.Menu; > > > > import pkg.models.products.ProductNode; > > > > > > public function get menu():Menu { > > return null; > > } > > > > public function set menu(data:Menu):void { > > > > } > > > > public function get measuredBranchIconWidth(): Number { return 0; } > > > > public function get measuredIconWidth(): Number { return 0; } > > > > public function get measuredTypeIconWidth(): Number { return 0; } > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > > > </mx:TextInput> > > ========================== > > > > In my itemClick handler, event.item contains the string that > was entered and the error occur right after the handler call. > > > > > > Could anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? > > > > > > Thanks! > > ~Aaron > > > > > > >
