Sortable ListBox-type Component??

[xbrotherx]

Ok, so I really don't want to write my own component (even though it would be good practice for me) so I am asking you all first if you know how to do this with the existing ListBox or with another component out there.

I need to have a list of items that are displayed in a default order but can be reordered by the user in any order they choose. This can be done simply by and up arrow and a down arrow. So when the user selects a row, they click one of the arrows to move it up or down in the hierarchy of the list.

I was hoping that the ListBox component would do this but I could not find any built in methods or properties that allowed this. I am populating this list from an xml file with label/data pairs.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for this. I would be more than happy to provide more info or explanation if needed.

Thanks!!!

[sleekdigital]

Here is one approach ...
store the lable and any other needed data about the selected item in some temporary variables ... use removeItemAt() to remove the selected item. Use addItemAt() to rebuild the item in the new location using the temporary variables

[xbrotherx]

Oh yeah! Nice! Let me take a look at that. That will atleast get me started.

Ultimately, "they" want to be able to drag n' drop the list items to a new position in the list as well, so that will be interesting to figure out. But for now to be able to order the items via up/down arrows will be great. Plus I get the built in functionality and methods that already exist with that monster.

Thx again!

[sleekdigital]

For drag and drop, you have some choices... You could make your own implemetation of cellRenderer that includes that functionality... that might be doable. Or you might find some third party solution that does that or makes it easier to do it. If you go that route, I have a List Box alternative here ... http://www.layer51.com/proto/d.aspx?f=1396. It might be a little easier using it as a starting point than the MM list box... hard to say. If you do, let me know... I'll try to help and it would be cool to add that functionality to the prototype site.

[xbrotherx]

Thanks sleekdigital! I will check your ListBox out as well. I will let you know if I get anything accomplished or if I need some help on this.

[sleekdigital]

FYI, there is a small bug in the code that is up there now. The ScrollList class needs to be initialized with EventDispatcher in order for the itemSelected event to work.