selectedItem doesn't work because no item is selected, it was only
rolled over. Surely there's a way to catch the data of a rolled over
item? Anyone?
cheers, ethan
> Maybe event.target.selectedItem?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ethan Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 6:10 PM
> Subject: [flexcoders] Getting Data Out of Rollovers in TileLists
>
> Greetings -
>
> I'm trying to get data out of a dataProvider (the 'orientation'
> field) used by a tileList, on rollover, not on selection. But, as
> there's no "selectedItem" in the returned event I'm not sure how to
> reference the rolled over item. The docs suggest using itemRollOver
> but the compiler claims not to know about it...
>
> Here's some sample code (using an alert to see if the data is being
> caught), my question is how to refernce the fields in the
> dataProvider (of the rolled over item) after e.currentTarget ...
>
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> import mx.controls.Alert;
> import flash.events.Event;
> import mx.events.ListEvent;
>
> private function showInfo(e:Event):void {
> Alert.show(e.currentTarget.itemRollOver.orientation, "Data
> Found...", Alert.OK);
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
> <mx:ArrayCollection id="mediaLibraryDP">
> <mx:Object
> orientation="landscape" space="RGB" date="07/18//2006"
> source="Apps/Content/Images/back.png"/>
> <mx:Object
> orientation="landscape" space="RGB" date="07/18//2006"
> source="Apps/Content/Images/side.png"/>
> <mx:Object
> orientation="landscape" space="RGB" date="07/18//2006"
> source="Apps/Content/Images/stomach.png"/>
> <mx:Object
> orientation="landscape" space="RGB" date="07/18//2006"
> source="Apps/Content/Images/couple.png"/>
> </mx:ArrayCollection>
>
> <mx:TileList
> dataProvider="{mediaLibraryDP}"
> rollOver="showInfo(event)"
> rollOut="hideInfo()">
>
> <mx:itemRenderer>
> <mx:Component>
> <mx:Image source="{data.source}"/>
> </mx:Component>
> </mx:itemRenderer>
> </mx:TileList>
>
> Thanks! ethan
>
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