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Anonymous
September 19, 2011
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ComboBox.name property

  • September 19, 2011
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I want a combo box to display a description of the information in the combo box. The name property is a good way to do this in my opinion "comboBox.name = This is what I named this Box". I have a text field ("textDescription") set to display the name of the comboBox on MOUSE_OVER, but only on the edges does the actual name of the comboBox appear. When in the middle, the textDescription displays "instance #" where # is an actual number. See pics please.... Is there some kind of container placed over the combo box or something??

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Correct answer Ned Murphy

Try changing the one line from...

textDescription.text = e.target.name;

to

textDescription.text = e.currentTarget.name;

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Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
Legend
September 19, 2011

What code are you using for the textfield?

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Anonymous
September 19, 2011

///////////////////////////////CODE////////////////////////////////

function DisplayDescription(e:MouseEvent):void{

     var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

          myFormat.font = "arial";

 

          textDescription.defaultTextFormat = myFormat;

          textDescription.x = mouseX;

          textDescription.y = mouseY;

          textDescription.height = 20

          textDescription.autoSize = "left"

          textDescription.text = e.target.name;

          textDescription.background = true

          textDescription.alpha = 0;

 

          var tween:Tween = new Tween(textDescription, "alpha",None.easeNone,0,1,1,true)

     this.setChildIndex(textDescription, this.numChildren - 1)

          textDescription.border = true;

}

////////////////////////END CODE/////////////////////////////////

Ned Murphy
Ned MurphyCorrect answer
Legend
September 19, 2011

Try changing the one line from...

textDescription.text = e.target.name;

to

textDescription.text = e.currentTarget.name;

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