Chapter 8. DataGrids, lists, and trees

This chapter covers:

  • Using List-based components to display flat data

  • Using List-based components to display hierarchical data

  • Handling user interactions with List-based components

  • Retrieving selected items from List-based components

List-based components are a powerful part of your RIA arsenal, and some consider them the workhorse of an application.

Lists handle the bulk of the work involved with receiving and displaying data and provide many of the conveniences users have come to expect, such as sortable columns and word wrapping.

List genealogy

As discussed in chapter 2, Flex is an object-oriented language and framework, and it is important to at least be aware of how objects are related. Any element derived ...

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