Try setting mouseEnabled and/or mouseChildren=false on the label and other children.
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marvin Froeder Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:55 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Menubar Render Hi folks, I had create a MenuBar (copy from LiveDoc's exemple) and set a custom menuBarItemRenderer. But when I tried to run I got a runtime error, every time I put the cursor over the render. Error: TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert mx.core::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to mx.controls.menuClasses.IMenuBarItemRenderer. at mx.controls::MenuBar/mouseOverHandler()[E:\dev\flex_201_borneo\sdk\frame works\mx\controls\MenuBar.as:1670] Menubar (MenuBarLiveDocsExample.mxml): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- Simple example to demonstrate the MenuBar control. --> <mx:Application xmlns:mx=" http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " creationComplete="initCollections();" > <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.events.MenuEvent; import mx.controls.Alert; import mx.collections.*; [Bindable] public var menuBarCollection:XMLListCollection; private var menubarXML:XMLList = <> <menuitem label="Menu1" data="top"> <menuitem label="MenuItem 1-A" data="1A"/> <menuitem label="MenuItem 1-B" data="1B"/> </menuitem> <menuitem label="Menu2" data="top"> <menuitem label="MenuItem 2-A" type="check" data="2A"/> <menuitem type="separator"/> <menuitem label="MenuItem 2-B" > <menuitem label="SubMenuItem 3-A" type="radio" groupName="one" data="3A"/> <menuitem label="SubMenuItem 3-B" type="radio" groupName="one" data="3B"/> </menuitem> </menuitem> </>; // Event handler to initialize the MenuBar control. private function initCollections():void { menuBarCollection = new XMLListCollection(menubarXML); } // Event handler for the MenuBar control's itemClick event. private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void { // Don't open the Alert for a menu bar item that // opens a popup submenu. if ([EMAIL PROTECTED] != "top") { Alert.show("Label: " + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + "\n" + "Data: " + [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Clicked menu item"); } } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Panel title="MenuBar Control Example" height="75%" width="75%" paddingTop="10" paddingLeft="10"> <mx:Label width="100%" color="blue" text="Select a menu item."/> <mx:MenuBar labelField="@label" itemClick="menuHandler(event);" dataProvider="{menuBarCollection}" menuBarItemRenderer="MyCustomRender"/> </mx:Panel> </mx:Application> Item Render (MyCustomRender.mxml) : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:HBox xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " implements="mx.controls.menuClasses.IMenuBarItemRenderer " > <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.controls.MenuBar; private var _menuBar:MenuBar; private var _menuBarIndex:int; private var _menuBarItemState:String; public function get menuBar():MenuBar { return _menuBar; } public function set menuBar(value:MenuBar):void { _menuBar = value; } public function get menuBarItemIndex():int { return _menuBarIndex; } public function set menuBarItemIndex(value:int):void { _menuBarIndex = value; } public function get menuBarItemState():String { return _menuBarItemState; } public function set menuBarItemState(value:String):void { _menuBarItemState = value; } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Label text="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" /> <mx:Spacer width="100%" /> <mx:Image source="/anything.png" height="100%" width="30" /> </mx:HBox> Any one knows how to solve this? VELO