The following example shows how you can edit the row selection color and disabled selection color of a DataGrid control in Flex by setting the selectionColor and selectionDisabledColor styles.
Full code after the jump.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/19/setting-the-selection-color-and-selection-disabled-color-for-a-row-in-the-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:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
<mx:CheckBox id="checkBox"
label="enabled:"
labelPlacement="left"
selected="true" />
</mx:ApplicationControlBar>
<mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid"
dataProvider="{arr}"
selectionColor="haloGreen"
selectionDisabledColor="haloSilver"
enabled="{checkBox.selected}"
allowMultipleSelection="true"
selectedIndex="3"
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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I *KNEW* this looked familiar! Well, it turns out I also blogged this exact same topic no less than 2 days prior to this post, “Setting the roll over color and selection color in a Flex DataGrid control”.
Small world!
Sorry about that,
Peter
Is there a way to get rid of the selectedColor completly? I am able to turn the rollOver off but can’t figure out how to turn the selectedColor off.
Thanks
J
selectable=”false”… Answered my own question. :-)