Disabling item highlight indicator in the MX List control in Flex 3

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2010/06/18/disabling-item-highlight-indicator-in-the-mx-list-control-in-flex-3/ -->
<mx:Application name="MX_List_drawHighlightIndicator_test"
                xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
                xmlns:comps="comps.*"
                layout="vertical"
                verticalAlign="middle"
                backgroundColor="white">
 
    <comps:NoHighlightList id="lst"
            dataProvider="[Red,Orange,Yellow,Green,Blue]"
            alternatingItemColors="[#FFFFFF,#EEEEEE]"
            textRollOverColor="red"
            rowCount="4" width="100" />
 
</mx:Application>

/** http://blog.flexexamples.com/2010/06/18/disabling-item-highlight-indicator-in-the-mx-list-control-in-flex-3/ */
package comps {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import mx.controls.List;
    import mx.controls.listClasses.IListItemRenderer;
 
    public class NoHighlightList extends List {
        public function NoHighlightList() {
            super();
        }
 
        override protected function drawHighlightIndicator(indicator:Sprite, x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number, color:uint, itemRenderer:IListItemRenderer):void {
            // ignore
        }
    }
}

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2010/06/18/disabling-item-highlight-indicator-in-the-mx-list-control-in-flex-3/ -->
<mx:List name="NoHighlightListMXML"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
 
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.listClasses.IListItemRenderer;
 
            override protected function drawHighlightIndicator(indicator:Sprite, x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number, color:uint, itemRenderer:IListItemRenderer):void {
                // ignore
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
 
</mx:List>