Hmm... Thanks for the response...nice idea... but how do I access the right row in the dataprovider XMLListCollection? (rowIndex?) and if I choose this approach I simply turn the editor to renderer?
Thanks Afik --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Spratt" <tspr...@...> wrote: > > For a renderer of that complexity, I would not use the DGs native editable > process, but would handle the dataProvider item updates within the renderer > itself. > > > > Tracy > > > > _____ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of Gal Afik > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 10:42 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] drag&drop inside itemEditor in dataGrid...a tricky > question > > > > Hello all > > I'd really appreciate your help on this. > I have a itemEditor in my datagrid (see attached code).. this is a drag&drop > text input... I drag words inside and it concatenates them to a comma > separated string... > I've embedded it in the grid like that: > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Prevent ctx" dataField="@prevent_ctxs" > rendererIsEditor="true" width="200" > itemRenderer="CtxTI" editable="true"/> > > The problem is that the grid does not sense the itemBegin/itemEnd events > when I drag things inside.. > and therefore does not activate the editor/automatically "pull" the data of > the itemEditor and puts it into the grid.. > > Can anyone figure a way to correct/around this? > > Thanks in advance > Afik Gal > > <============== CtxTI.mxml ===> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:TextInput xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe. <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> > com/2006/mxml" > dragDrop="dragDrop(event)" dragEnter="dragAccept(event)"> > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > > import mx.events.DragEvent; > import mx.managers.DragManager; > import mx.controls.listClasses.ListData; > import mx.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridListData; > import mx.controls.listClasses.BaseListData; > > override public function set data(value:Object):void > { > super.data=value; > var attrib:String= > DataGridListData(listData).dataField.substr(1,-1+DataGridListData(listData). > dataField.length); > var input:String; > if (value) input=XML(value).attribute(attrib)[0].toString(); > if (input!="") this.text=input; > } > > > private function dragAccept(event:DragEvent):void > { > var dropTarget:TextInput = event.currentTarget as TextInput; > DragManager.acceptDragDrop(dropTarget); > } > private function dragDrop(event:DragEvent):void > { > if (!event.dragSource.hasFormat("treeItems")) return; > var arr:Array = event.dragSource.dataForFormat("treeItems") as Array; > var str:String = XML(arr[0])....@label.tostring(); > if ((this.text.substr(-1)!=",") && (this.text.length>0)) this.text+=","; > this.text+=str+","; > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > </mx:TextInput> >
