I've tried both. Either works for sending the event to the showInfo
function (the Alert triggers, etc.). The problem is how to reference
the various fields of data of the rolled over item, ie I need the
rollover equivalent of selectedItem (something like rolledOverItem,
which doesn't exist)...
cheers, ethan
> 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]com>
> To:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.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]com>
> > To:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.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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