Glad to be of help. A renderer can do almost anything but you have to decide whether the weight of the renderer is worth it. Depending on the amount of data, it could really slow down the display.
--- In [email protected], "Mic" <chigwel...@...> wrote: > > Thanks valdhor - great solution! I had got this far but was using a textInput > and its background color, and even though I had > > editable=false; > enabled=false; > > the cursor would go into the row. Not good. Question: I had to modify to > > g.beginFill(0xE8E8E3, 0.5); > > otherwise the line highlight would not show through and could not tell what > line was highlighted. It surprised me that a renderer was capable of doing > this. > > Thanks again, > > Mic. > > > --- In [email protected], "valdhor" <valdhorlists@> wrote: > > > > Try the following as a starting point... > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > layout="absolute"> > > <mx:ComboBox itemRenderer="MyLabel"> > > <mx:dataProvider> > > <mx:String>*United States</mx:String> > > <mx:String>Australia</mx:String> > > <mx:String>England</mx:String> > > <mx:String>*Ireland</mx:String> > > <mx:String>*Scotland</mx:String> > > <mx:String>Wales</mx:String> > > </mx:dataProvider> > > </mx:ComboBox> > > </mx:Application> > > > > MyLabel.as: > > package > > { > > import flash.display.Graphics; > > import mx.controls.Label; > > > > public class MyLabel extends Label > > { > > public function MyLabel() > > { > > super(); > > } > > > > override public function set data(value:Object):void > > { > > if(value != null) > > { > > super.data = value; > > text = value as String; > > } > > } > > > > override protected function > > updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void > > { > > super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight); > > var g:Graphics = graphics; > > g.clear(); > > if(text.substr(0,1) == "*") > > { > > g.beginFill(0xE8E8E3); > > } > > else > > { > > g.beginFill(0xFFFFFF); > > } > > g.drawRect(-2, -2, unscaledWidth + 4, unscaledHeight + 4); > > g.endFill(); > > } > > } > > } > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Mic" <chigwell23@> wrote: > > > > > > I thought this might work --- fine until I start scrolling when it > > gets totally out of wack. The trace does fire occasionally while > > scrolling but not consistently. Appreciate some hints. TIA, > > > > > > Mic. > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > <mx:VBox xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > horizontalScrollPolicy="off"> > > > <mx:Script> > > > <![CDATA[ > > > private function labelComplete():void{ > > > trace("Here"); > > > if(label1.text.substr(0,1) == "*"){ > > > this.setStyle("backgroundColor", 0xe8e8e3); > > > }else{ > > > this.setStyle("backgroundColor", 0xFFFFFF); > > > } > > > } > > > ]]> > > > </mx:Script> > > > <mx:Label id="label1" text="{data.cmplx_nm}" > > creationComplete="labelComplete()" /> > > > </mx:VBox> > > > > > >
