Thanks - I will check that out. I managed to work around this problem by saving the old index in a class-wide variable and then just programmatically setting the list index back to the old index if the user hit the cancel button.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "mpricope1980" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I don't know if this solve your problem but I've posted something here > (http://miti.pricope.com/2008/07/09/datagrid-canceling-a-grid-change-event-using-an-alert-popup/) > regarding this. > > Miti > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djohnson29" <djohnson29@> wrote: > > > > I have a list of items and a corresponding form to edit values based > > on what the user has selected. > > > > If the user selects another by clicking the grid, I want to provide an > > Alert popup if they have not saved their changes. If the user clicks > > OK, then the selection takes place as normal, but if they click > > cancel, I want to cancel the change event and have the editor stay on > > the selected item. > > > > I can get the event to cancel by declaring an event handler for > > MouseDown in the creationComplete event, and then having the following > > lines in the MouseDown handler: > > > > event.stopImmediatePropagation(); > > event.stopPropagation(); > > event.preventDefault(); > > > > The problem is that I can only successfully cancel the event > > propogation from within this method. > > > > If I want to have an alert box with an OK and Cancel button, how do I > > achieve this? > > > > I have tried calling an Alert handler and using a class event variable > > to store the event that is received by the MouseDown handler, but > > if I try to cancel the event from within the Alert handler, nothing > > happens - I think it is too late at that point. > > > > Can someone provide me with an example of how to cancel event > > propogation on a grid click or other similar event based on the user's > > selection from an Alert prompt? > > > > Thanks! > > >
