After digging around some, I found the defaults.css file. I guess I could copy
it into an assets folder and correct it for my class. Then I'd have to figure
out how to invoke it in the constructor. Problem is I still don't know if I'm
missing defaults on the properties too. I guess any inherited ones would come
in through the comboboxbase and that the combobox getters/setters I copied in
would be sufficient.
I'm starting to wonder if keeping the ComboBox name in the custom class is not
such a bad idea. Things are getting complicated.
Or just change the private functions in the ComboBox.as sdk to protected so I
can just extend the combobox and override the few functions I need. I just
hate messing with the sdk.
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 6:37 PM
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Custom ComboBox Class issue
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Warren" <warrenony...@...> wrote:
>
> I found what is causing the problem. ComboBoxSuper failed to work when the
arrowButtonWidth wasn't set in the mxml. I never set it in my custom class
because it seemed to be there already. There must be some default parameters
that the mx:ComboBox pulls in and that my ComboBox version was inheriting
without me knowing about it. ComboBoxSuper didn't inherit these values and
fails silently.
>
> Sigh. I've fought my way through the debugger and it is way beyond me.
Something is setting the default styles and parameters for a combobox but I
can't figure out where it is or how to force my ComboBoxSuper to pick them up.
I hate relying on using the same class name... I'm reluctant to create an
arrowButtonStyle in the ComboBoxSuper constructor -- that may fix that problem
but I don't know what other defaults I'm missing because I can't extend the
ComboBox.
>
> Anyone have a suggestion?
I think it's called globals.css.
HTH;
Amy
