Setting the roll over color and selection color in a Flex DataGrid control

by Peter deHaan on February 17, 2008

in DataGrid

The following example shows how you can set the roll over color and selection color in a DataGrid control in Flex by setting the rollOverColor and selectionColor styles.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/17/setting-the-roll-over-color-and-selection-color-in-a-flex-datagrid-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Array id="arr">
        <mx:Object c1="Item 1A" c2="Item 1B" />
        <mx:Object c1="Item 2A" c2="Item 2B" />
        <mx:Object c1="Item 3A" c2="Item 3B" />
        <mx:Object c1="Item 4A" c2="Item 4B" />
        <mx:Object c1="Item 5A" c2="Item 5B" />
        <mx:Object c1="Item 6A" c2="Item 6B" />
        <mx:Object c1="Item 7A" c2="Item 7B" />
        <mx:Object c1="Item 8A" c2="Item 8B" />
        <mx:Object c1="Item 9A" c2="Item 9B" />
    </mx:Array>

    <mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid"
            dataProvider="{arr}"
            rollOverColor="haloSilver"
            selectionColor="haloOrange"
            themeColor="black"
            width="300"
            rowCount="8">
        <mx:columns>
            <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="c1"
                    headerText="Column 1:" />
            <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="c2"
                    headerText="Column 2:" />
        </mx:columns>
    </mx:DataGrid>

</mx:Application>

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{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Priyanka Rane February 28, 2008 at 3:00 am

Thanks for this example…..It is simple which is useful for begineer like me ….

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2 Milkman December 28, 2008 at 5:17 am

tnx for the good work…
i have a question..
how do i cancel the selection color but keep the event..?
i’m using custom styles for the rollover but i cant seem to get rid of the selection color..

thanks in advanced :)

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3 Milkman December 28, 2008 at 5:18 am

i meant the RollOver color and not the selection color…

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4 Peter deHaan December 28, 2008 at 8:00 am

Milkman,

There is a useRollOver style for the List-based components. For more information, see “Disabling item roll over highlighting in the Flex DataGrid control”.

Peter

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