The following example shows how you can set the horizontal scrollbar policy on a Flex DataGrid control by setting the horizontalScrollPolicy property to one of the constants in the mx.core.ScrollPolicy class.
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The following example shows how you can set the header height on a Flex DataGrid control by setting the headerHeight property.
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The following example shows how you can set a custom stretch cursor for a Flex DataGrid with resizable columns by setting the stretchCursor style.
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The following example shows how you can use a NumericStepper as an item editor for a Flex DataGrid control by setting the itemEditor and editorDataField properties on the DataGridColumn object.
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The following example shows how you can create an editable Flex DataGrid control by setting the editable property on the DataGrid and DataGridColumn objects.
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The following example shows how you can drag an item from a Flex DataGrid control onto an Image control to remove the item from a data provider.
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The following example shows how you can create a custom sort on a Flex DataGrid control by using the SortField class and creating a custom compare function.
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The following example shows how you can reset a sort on a Flex DataGrid control by setting the ArrayCollection data provider’s sort property to null and refreshing the array collection using the refresh() method.
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The following example shows how you can set the menu selection mode on a Flex DataGrid control by setting the menuSelectionMode property.
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The following example shows how you can filter items in a Flex DataGrid using a CheckBox control, and the ArrayCollection class’s filterFunction property.
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The following example shows how you can perform numeric sorts, case sensitive sorts, or case insensitive sorts in the Flex DataGrid control by setting a custom sort compare function on the DataGridColumn using the sortCompareFunction property, the static ObjectUtil.numericCompare() method, and the static ObjectUtil.stringCompare() method.
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The following example shows how you can set the background alpha and background color of a Flex DataGrid control by setting the backgroundAlpha and backgroundColor styles.
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The following example shows how you can dynamically add new columns to a Flex DataGrid control by setting the columns property.
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I’ve seen this question come up a few times recently in various forums/lists and even in my blog comments (see “Changing the default sort arrow skin on a Flex DataGrid control”).
The following example shows how you can display the sort arrow in a DataGrid control in Flex without having the user click on a column header in the DataGrid control.
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The following example shows how you can change the sort arrow skin on a DataGrid control in Flex by setting the sortArrowSkin style.
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