Alex, I thought that might be the case, but when I use owner.dispatchEvent(myCustomEventInstance,true) from within my itemRenderer, and I have previously added an event listener to my ComboBox, no event is broadcast from my ComboBox. Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Harui Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:47 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] ComboBox ItemRenderer Custom Events only go to SystemManager - WHY????? Popups have to float over "everything" so they are parented by SM and not the CB or the app. If you dispatch the event off the "owner" it will go to the CB and bubble up from there ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Battershall, Jeff Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:23 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] ComboBox ItemRenderer Custom Events only go to SystemManager - WHY????? I've been remiss in addressing my less-than-perfect understanding of Events and event bubbling. My custom itemRenderer needs to fire a custom event. I've spent the last day trying to get it to bubble up from my custom itemRenderer to the ComboBox, but no dice. If I add an eventListener in my ComboBox, it does not receive the event. However when I use systemManager.addEventListener("myCustomEvent",myHandler), suddenly I can receive the event. Is this the expected behavior? Why? Jeff Battershall Application Architect Dow Jones Indexes [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:jeff.battershall%40dowjones.com> (609) 520-5637 (p) (484) 477-9900 (c)