Flex Examples

The following example shows how you can toggle multiple selection and disjoint selections in a DateChooser control in Flex by setting the Boolean allowMultipleSelection and allowDisjointSelection properties.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/12/20/toggling-multiple-selection-and-disjoint-selection-on-a-flex-datechooser-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridColumn;

            private function date_labelFunc(item:Object, col:DataGridColumn):String {
                var date:Date = item[col.dataField];
                return date.toDateString();
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="allowMultipleSelection:">
                <mx:CheckBox id="multiple" selected="true" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="allowDisjointSelection:">
                <mx:CheckBox id="disjoint" selected="true" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:HBox>
        <mx:DateChooser id="dateChooser"
                allowMultipleSelection="{multiple.selected}"
                allowDisjointSelection="{disjoint.selected}" />
        <mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid"
                dataProvider="{dateChooser.selectedRanges}"
                width="300"
                height="100%">
            <mx:columns>
                <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="rangeStart"
                        labelFunction="date_labelFunc" />
                <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="rangeEnd"
                        labelFunction="date_labelFunc" />
            </mx:columns>
        </mx:DataGrid>
    </mx:HBox>

</mx:Application>

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