Awesome, and thank you. But in your example the array contains only a string. My array contains objects with a variety of fields/values which I need to get at... Any way to easily modify your example to get at these fields? We're close!
thanks! ethan > Use indicesToIndex using the rowIndex and columnIndex on the event. > > ...It's all in the wrist, suckaz! > > http://pastebin.de/9325 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ethan Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 1:44 PM > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Getting Data Out of Rollovers in TileLists > > 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]> > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > 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 --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/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/
