Progressbar in Datagrid Example
January 11, 2010
In the comments of our previous post about using the ProgressBar, one of our readers asked if a ProgressBar could be used inside a DataGrid.
This is, ofcourse, possible. So we decided to write an example about this.
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Drag and Drop from DataGrid or AdvancedDataGrid to Tree
December 16, 2009
One of the coolest things in Flex is the ability to create Drag and Drop operations very easily. For List base controls like the List and DataGrid / AdvancedDataGrid, it works out of the box, just set the dragEnabled property of the source and the dropEnabled property of the other and it’s already working. Dragging and Dropping to a Tree however, does not work by simply setting the dropEnabled property. The following example shows you how you can drag items from a DataGrid / AdvancedDataGrid to a Tree.
ArrayCollection Filter Example
November 17, 2009
This example is all about filtering an ArrayCollection in a DataGrid. We will filter the ArrayCollection using the input from the TextInput field, the value entered as the datagrid values are translated to lower case.
Image as Button in a DataGrid
February 14, 2009
Just as the MouseWheel controlled slider idea, I had this idea when I was working on my flex MP3 player as well. I wanted to give the user the possibility to add tracks to a playlist by clicking a small plus icon in a DataGrid. There are a couple of things that have to be done to achieve this:
- Use an itemRenderer to show an Image instead of text
- Put the image in button mode so that it can be clicked
- Put an event handler on the click or double-click event of the image
- Code the event handler
Images in DataGrid depending on data
February 13, 2009
Flex DataGrids are usually used to give the user some overview of data. Sometimes we want to use a certain value in the data to describe something else (derive a value from the data).
For example, we want to display if a product is in stock yes or no using the following data:
