Comments on: DataGrid Component V2 Header Gradient

By: Anthony Cintron

Anthony Cintron — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:23:19 +0000

Thank you, this worked out great.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:41:46 +0000

Found this elsewhere, very helpful as you dont even have to physically modify a component.

mx.controls.DataGrid.prototype.drawHeaderBG = function(Void) {
var mc:MovieClip = this.header_mc;
mc.clear();
var clr:Number = this.getStyle(“headerColor”);
var o:Object = this.__viewMetrics;
var tot:Number = Math.max(this.totalWidth, this.displayWidth+3);
mc.moveTo(o.left, o.top);
mc.beginFill(clr, 100);
mc.lineStyle(0, 0×000000, 0);
mc.lineTo(tot, o.top);
mc.lineTo(tot, this.__headerHeight+1);
mc.lineStyle(0, 0×000000, 0);
mc.lineTo(o.left, this.__headerHeight+1);
mc.lineStyle(0, 0×000000, 0);
mc.endFill();
};
your_datagrid.setStyle(“headerColor”, 0xFFCC00);

By: Ã˜ivind

Ã˜ivind — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:09:09 +0000

Thanks man!

By: Richard Leggett

Richard Leggett — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:33:31 +0000

Instead of modifying the core Macromedia classes, a better option would be to either:

- Copy DataGrid.as into the same directory as the FLA and modify it there, this will take precedence over the other classpath.

- Subclass DataGrid like so:

class SolidDataGrid extends mx.controls.DataGrid {
function drawHeaderBG() {
// Edited code here
}
}

And change the class linkage for the DataGrid component you dragged into your library from StandardComponents.fla so that it uses your custom class and is called SolidDataGrid.

This way you don’t break the functionality of the standard component. Hope that helps!

Read more + sample FLA here:
http://flashmove.com/forum/showthread.php?p=76889

By: Lester

Lester — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:25:14 +0000

Hi Jason,
Exactly what I have tried but didn’t work.
Have found a solution already thnx to Blueskies …

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/printthread.php3?t=51477

kind regards,
Lester.

By: Jason Gill

Jason Gill — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:09:25 +0000

You are right Lester, version 7.2 has StandardComponents.fla instead of StandardTheme.fla, so you should use that instead. Open the StandardComponents.fla (preferrably as a Shared Libriary: File -> Import -> Open Shared Library) and drag the dataGrid component from that library to your own fla’s stage. I hope that helps.

By: Lester

Lester — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:53:15 +0000

Hi, maybe a stupid question, but I don’t have a standardTheme.fla, took StandardComponents.fla, I’m using 7.2 version, probably different. But I can’t make it work. What do I have to do exactly when you say “open fla and add it from there.”? drag it from StandardComponents.fla’s library(if correct fla)on my new blank file?
Help would be great…
thnx in advance,
Lester.

By: steve o

steve o — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:11:54 +0000

Saved me some time. Thanks.

By: vilo

vilo — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 20:55:05 +0000

great hack, thank you

By: FÃƒÂ¡bio

FÃƒÂ¡bio — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 23:39:44 +0000

Awesome! Just what I was looking for. Will try that now!
Do you know if there’s a way of changing the selection color (that green is really lame)