I'd copy and modify the code from ListItemRenderer and not use Canvas/Label/TextArea. It uses textFields which you can more easily control backgrounds and your renderer will be much smaller and faster. You can see some of the ways I do this on my blog (blogs.adobe.com/aharui).
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of djohnson29 Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 1:06 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: TextArea - changing backgroundColor on MouseOver when used in an ItemRenderer Arghgh...sorry folks - posted my question before finishing it... My question is: How can I change the backgroundColor of a TextArea that is used within an itemRenderer when the MouseOver event fires? I have the following code: <mx:List id="lstPeople" dataProvider="{people.person}" width="250" height="160" > <mx:itemRenderer > <mx:Component> <mx:Canvas width="240" height="75"> <mx:Label left="50" top="3" text="{data.Name}"/> <mx:TextArea id="taAddress" left="50" top="21" text="{data.Address}" editable="false" borderStyle="none" /> <mx:Image source="assets/person.png" left="10" top="3"/> </mx:Canvas> </mx:Component> </mx:itemRenderer> </mx:List> When the user hovers the mouse over the List, the default behaviour is to highlight the background color of each cell in the List. Since I am using a TextArea, the background of this particular control stays white and stands out. The TextArea component has a backgroundColor property and a MouseOver event, so I figured that I could call an function from within the MouseOver event to set the TextArea's background color. I have been unsuccessful - I can't get a reference to the textArea, even though it has an ID, and if I try to call the function inline from the mouseOver event in the TextArea's mxml, I get a compiler area. Thanks.
