Since the beadsAdded event is fired after super.addedToParent, you’ll need to add your bead before super or dispatch beadsAdded a second time (probably not a great idea).
Try Yishay’s suggestion of adding the bead before the super call. > On Jun 15, 2020, at 4:03 PM, Maria Jose Esteve <mjest...@iest.com> wrote: > > I forgot,… > Yes, I have debugged and the bead is added correctly and the textprompt also > recognizes it: > Before adding it: > > <image002.png> > > After: > > <image003.png> > > You mean this? > > De: Maria Jose Esteve <mjest...@iest.com> > Enviado el: lunes, 15 de junio de 2020 14:42 > Para: users@royale.apache.org > Asunto: RE: Add Beads > > Hi Yishay, look... > > <image001.png> > > > The Combobox, framed in green, has the bead added in the tag directly: > > > <wp:ComboBoxWP percentWidth="83" > localId="comboCentroCoste" labelField="displaytext" valueField="codigo" > className="truncateLabelListItemRenderer"> > <wp:beads> > <j:ComboBoxTextPrompt prompt="\u21F2 ..."/> > </wp:beads> > </wp:ComboBoxWP > > > > and the other, framed in red, has it automatically added from the addToParent. > In the first case it works, and in the second it doesn't. > I have to say, that my Extension is a .as class, not an mxml, will it have > something to do with it? > > Thanks you. > Hiedra. > > De: Yishay Weiss <yishayj...@hotmail.com <mailto:yishayj...@hotmail.com>> > Enviado el: lunes, 15 de junio de 2020 14:25 > Para: users@royale.apache.org <mailto:users@royale.apache.org> > Asunto: RE: Add Beads > > Hi Hiedra, > I see nothing wrong. In what sense does it not work for you? Did you try > putting a breakpoint in the “set strand” method of ComboBoxTextPrompt? > > From: Maria Jose Esteve <mailto:mjest...@iest.com> > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 3:04 PM > To: users@royale.apache.org <mailto:users@royale.apache.org> > Subject: RE: Add Beads > > Hi Harbs, thanks for replying. > The specific case is an extension of the ComboBox control to which I want to > add the default prompt. > Currently I have added it in addToParent but it doesn't work for me, although > with debug, I see that it does add it and configure it correctly. See > something wrong? > > private var textPromptBead:ComboBoxTextPrompt; > > public function ComboBoxWP() { > super(); > } > > override public function addedToParent():void > { > super.addedToParent(); > var localtextPromptBead:ComboBoxTextPrompt = > getBeadByType(ComboBoxTextPrompt) as ComboBoxTextPrompt; > if (localtextPromptBead == null) { > textPromptBead = new ComboBoxTextPrompt; > textPromptBead.prompt = _textPrompt; > addBead(textPromptBead); > } > } > > private var _textPrompt:String = "\u21F2 ..."; > [Bindable] > public function get textPrompt():String{ return _textPrompt; } > public function set textPrompt(value:String):void > { > _textPrompt = value; > textPromptBead.prompt = _textPrompt; > } > > Thank you. > Hiedra > > De: Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com <mailto:harbs.li...@gmail.com>> > Enviado el: lunes, 15 de junio de 2020 13:52 > Para: users@royale.apache.org <mailto:users@royale.apache.org> > Asunto: Re: Add Beads > > Good question. :-) > > It depends on the type of bead. > > Any beads that are added using MXML will be added in the addeToParent method. > The reason for this is because many beads need the component to be added to > the DOM. > > If it’s a bead which does not need the DOM structure to be set up, you can > simply add it in the class constructor after super(). > > HTH, > Harbs > > > On Jun 15, 2020, at 2:40 PM, Maria Jose Esteve <mjest...@iest.com > <mailto:mjest...@iest.com>> wrote: > > Hello, > I am extending a component and need to add a default bead to it. (This is a > jewel control but I imagine it will be similar in basic or mx) > I have seen in the SDK code that there is no "fixed point" where to add it: > in some controls they are added in the same constructor, in others they are > added in the addToParent, in others in the addBead ... > > Where should I do it? > > Thank you. > Hiedra.