You said you tried itemRollOver, but in the code, you are using rollOver, not itemRollOver as the event for TileList.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ethan Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Getting Data Out of Rollovers in TileLists 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 > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/