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| Package | mx.controls |
| Class | public class TileList |
| Inheritance | TileList  TileBase ListBase ScrollControlBase UIComponent FlexSprite Sprite DisplayObjectContainer InteractiveObject DisplayObject EventDispatcher Object |
direction property.
You can set the size of the tiles by using the rowHeight
or columnWidth properties.
Alternatively, Flex measures the item renderer for the first item
in the dataProvider and uses that size for all tiles.
MXML Syntax
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The <mx:TileList> tag inherits
all of the tag attributes of its superclass, but ignores the
variableRowHeight and wordWrap tag attributes.
It adds no additional tag attributes.
<mx:TileList/>
Default MXML PropertydataProvider
| Property | Defined by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | accessibilityProperties : AccessibilityProperties
The current accessibility options for this display object.
| DisplayObject | |
| allowDragSelection : Boolean = false
A flag that indicates whether drag-selection is enabled.
| ListBase | |
| allowMultipleSelection : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether you can allow more than one item to be
selected at the same time.
| ListBase | |
| alpha : Number
Indicates the alpha transparency value of the object specified.
| DisplayObject | |
| automationDelegate : Object
The delegate object that handles the automation-related functionality.
| UIComponent | |
| automationName : String
Name that can be used as an identifier for this object.
| UIComponent | |
| automationTabularData : Object
An implementation of the
IAutomationTabularData interface, which
can be used to retrieve the data. | UIComponent | |
| automationValue : Array
This value generally corresponds to the rendered appearance of the
object and should be usable for correlating the identifier with
the object as it appears visually within the application.
| UIComponent | |
| baselinePosition : Number
Determines the baseline y-coordinate
of the first line of text of the component.
| UIComponent | |
| blendMode : String
A value from the BlendMode class that specifies which blend mode to use.
| DisplayObject | |
| borderMetrics : EdgeMetrics
Returns an EdgeMetrics object that has four properties:
left, top, right,
and bottom. | ScrollControlBase | |
| buttonMode : Boolean
Specifies the button mode of this sprite.
| Sprite | |
| cacheAsBitmap : Boolean
If set to
true, Flash Player caches an internal bitmap representation of the
display object. | DisplayObject | |
| cacheHeuristic : Boolean
Used by Flex to suggest bitmap caching for the object.
| UIComponent | |
| cachePolicy : String
Specifies the bitmap caching policy for this object.
| UIComponent | |
| className : String
The name of this instance's class, such as
"Button". | UIComponent | |
| columnCount : int
The number of columns to be displayed in a TileList control or items
in a HorizontalList control.
| ListBase | |
| columnWidth : Number
The width of the control's columns.
| ListBase | |
| constructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
| Object | |
| contentMouseX : Number
Returns the x position of the mouse, in the content coordinate system.
| UIComponent | |
| contentMouseY : Number
Returns the y position of the mouse, in the content coordinate system.
| UIComponent | |
| contextMenu : ContextMenu
Specifies the context menu associated with this object.
| InteractiveObject | |
| currentState : String
The current view state of the component.
| UIComponent | |
| data : Object
The item in the data provider this component should render when
this component is used as an item renderer or item editor.
| ListBase | |
| dataProvider : Object
Set of data to be viewed.
| ListBase | |
| dataTipField : String
Name of the field in the data provider items to display as the
data tip.
| ListBase | |
| dataTipFunction : Function
User-supplied function to run on each item to determine its dataTip.
| ListBase | |
| descriptor : UIComponentDescriptor
Reference to the UIComponentDescriptor, if any, that was used
by the
createComponentFromDescriptor() method to create this
UIComponent instance. | UIComponent | |
| direction : String
The direction in which this control lays out its children.
| TileBase | |
| document : Object
A reference to the document object associated with this UIComponent.
| UIComponent | |
| doubleClickEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether the UIComponent object receives
doubleClick events. | UIComponent | |
| dragEnabled : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether you can drag items out of
this control and drop them on other controls.
| ListBase | |
| dragMoveEnabled : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether items can be moved instead
of just copied from the control as part of a drag-and-drop
operation.
| ListBase | |
| dropEnabled : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether dragged items can be dropped onto the
control.
| ListBase | |
| dropTarget : DisplayObject
Specifies the display object over which the sprite is being dragged, or on
which the sprite was dropped.
| Sprite | |
| enabled : Boolean
Whether the component can accept user interaction.
| UIComponent | |
| errorString : String
The text that will be displayed by a component's error tip when a
component is monitored by a Validator and validation fails.
| UIComponent | |
| explicitHeight : Number
Number that specifies the explicit height of the component,
in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| explicitMaxHeight : Number
Number that specifies the maximum height of the component,
in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| explicitMaxWidth : Number
Number that specifies the maximum width of the component,
in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| explicitMinHeight : Number
Number that specifies the minimum height of the component,
in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| explicitMinWidth : Number
Number that specifies the minimum width of the component,
in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| explicitWidth : Number
Number that specifies the explicit width of the component,
in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| filters : Array
An indexed array that contains each filter object currently associated with the display object.
| DisplayObject | |
| focusEnabled : Boolean
Indicates whether the component can receive focus when clicked on.
| UIComponent | |
| focusManager : IFocusManager
Gets the FocusManager that controls focus for this component
and its peers.
| UIComponent | |
| focusPane : Sprite
The focus pane associated with this object.
| UIComponent | |
| focusRect : Object
Specifies whether this object displays a focus rectangle.
| InteractiveObject | |
| graphics : Graphics
Specifies the Graphics object that belongs to this sprite where vector
drawing commands can occur.
| Sprite | |
| height : Number
Number that specifies the height of the component, in pixels,
in the parent's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| hitArea : Sprite
Designates another sprite to serve as the hit area for a sprite.
| Sprite | |
| horizontalScrollPolicy : String
A property that indicates whether the horizontal scroll
bar is always on, always off,
or automatically changes based on the parameters passed to the
setScrollBarProperties() method. | ScrollControlBase | |
| horizontalScrollPosition : Number
The offset into the content from the left edge.
| ScrollControlBase | |
| iconField : String
The name of the field in the data provider object that determines what to
display as the icon.
| ListBase | |
| iconFunction : Function
A user-supplied function to run on each item to determine its icon.
| ListBase | |
| id : String
ID of the component.
| UIComponent | |
| includeInLayout : Boolean
Specifies whether this component is included in the layout of the
parent container.
| UIComponent | |
| inheritingStyles : Object
The beginning of this component's chain of inheriting styles.
| UIComponent | |
| initialized : Boolean
A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases
of layout: commitment, measurement, and layout (provided that any were required).
| UIComponent | |
| instanceIndex : int
The index of a repeated component.
| UIComponent | |
| instanceIndices : Array
An Array containing the indices required to reference
this UIComponent object from its parent document.
| UIComponent | |
| isDocument : Boolean
Determines whether this UIComponent instance is a document object,
that is, whether it is at the top of the hierarchy of a Flex
application, MXML component, or ActionScript component.
| UIComponent | |
| isPopUp : Boolean
Set to
true by the PopUpManager to indicate
that component has been popped up. | UIComponent | |
| itemRenderer : IFactory
The custom item renderer for the control.
| ListBase | |
| labelField : String
The name of the field in the data provider items to display as the label.
| ListBase | |
| labelFunction : Function
A user-supplied function to run on each item to determine its label.
| ListBase | |
| listData : BaseListData
When a component is used as a drop-in item renderer or drop-in
item editor, Flex initializes the
listData property
of the component with the additional data from the list control. | ListBase | |
| liveScrolling : Boolean = true
A flag that indicates whether scrolling is live as the
scrollbar thumb is moved
or the view is not updated until the thumb is released.
| ScrollControlBase | |
| loaderInfo : LoaderInfo
Returns a LoaderInfo object containing information about loading the file
to which this display object belongs.
| DisplayObject | |
| lockedColumnCount : int
The index of the first column in the control that scrolls.
| ListBase | |
| lockedRowCount : int
The index of the first row in the control that scrolls.
| ListBase | |
| mask : DisplayObject
The calling display object is masked by the specified
mask object. | DisplayObject | |
| maxColumns : int
The maximum number of columns that the control can have.
| TileBase | |
| maxHeight : Number
Number that specifies the maximum height of the component,
in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| maxRows : int
The maximum number of rows that the control can have.
| TileBase | |
| maxWidth : Number
Number that specifies the maximum width of the component,
in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| measuredHeight : Number
The default height of the component, in pixels.
| UIComponent | |
| measuredMinHeight : Number
The default minimum height of the component, in pixels.
| UIComponent | |
| measuredMinWidth : Number
The default minimum width of the component, in pixels.
| UIComponent | |
| measuredWidth : Number
The default width of the component, in pixels.
| UIComponent | |
| menuSelectionMode : Boolean = false
A flag that indicates whether menu-style selection
should be used.
| ListBase | |
| minHeight : Number
Number that specifies the minimum height of the component,
in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| minWidth : Number
Number that specifies the minimum width of the component,
in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| moduleFactory : IFlexModuleFactory | UIComponent | |
| mouseChildren : Boolean
Determines whether or not the children of the object are mouse enabled.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
| mouseEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object receives mouse messages.
| InteractiveObject | |
| mouseFocusEnabled : Boolean
Whether you can receive focus when clicked on.
| UIComponent | |
| mouseX : Number
Indicates the x coordinate of the mouse position, in pixels.
| DisplayObject | |
| mouseY : Number
Indicates the y coordinate of the mouse position, in pixels.
| DisplayObject | |
| name : String
Indicates the instance name of the DisplayObject.
| DisplayObject | |
| nestLevel : int
Depth of this object in the containment hierarchy.
| UIComponent | |
| nonInheritingStyles : Object
The beginning of this component's chain of non-inheriting styles.
| UIComponent | |
| numAutomationChildren : int
The number of automation children this container has.
| UIComponent | |
| numChildren : int
Returns the number of children of this object.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
| opaqueBackground : Object
Specifies whether the display object is opaque with a certain background color.
| DisplayObject | |
| owner : DisplayObjectContainer
The owner of this UIComponent.
| UIComponent | |
| parent : DisplayObjectContainer
The parent container or component for this component.
| UIComponent | |
| parentApplication : Object
A reference to the Application object that contains this UIComponent
instance.
| UIComponent | |
| parentDocument : Object
A reference to the parent document object for this UIComponent.
| UIComponent | |
| percentHeight : Number
Number that specifies the height of a component as a percentage
of its parent's size.
| UIComponent | |
| percentWidth : Number
Number that specifies the width of a component as a percentage
of its parent's size.
| UIComponent | |
| processedDescriptors : Boolean
Set to
true after immediate or deferred child creation,
depending on which one happens. | UIComponent | |
| prototype : Object
[static]
A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.
| Object | |
| repeater : IRepeater
A reference to the Repeater object
in the parent document that produced this UIComponent.
| UIComponent | |
| repeaterIndex : int
The index of the item in the data provider
of the Repeater that produced this UIComponent.
| UIComponent | |
| repeaterIndices : Array
An Array containing the indices of the items in the data provider
of the Repeaters in the parent document that produced this UIComponent.
| UIComponent | |
| repeaters : Array
An Array containing references to the Repeater objects
in the parent document that produced this UIComponent.
| UIComponent | |
| root : DisplayObject
For a display object in a loaded SWF file, the
root property is the
top-most display object in the portion of the display list's tree structure represented by that SWF file. | DisplayObject | |
| rotation : Number
Indicates the rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation.
| DisplayObject | |
| rowCount : int
Number of rows to be displayed.
| ListBase | |
| rowHeight : Number
The height of the rows in pixels.
| ListBase | |
| scale9Grid : Rectangle
The current scaling grid that is in effect.
| DisplayObject | |
| scaleX : Number
Number that specifies the horizontal scaling factor.
| UIComponent | |
| scaleY : Number
Number that specifies the vertical scaling percentage.
| UIComponent | |
| screen : Rectangle
Returns an object that contains the size and position of the base
drawing surface for this object.
| UIComponent | |
| scrollRect : Rectangle
The scroll rectangle bounds of the display object.
| DisplayObject | |
| scrollTipFunction : Function
A function that computes the string to be displayed as the ScrollTip.
| ScrollControlBase | |
| selectable : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether the list shows selected items
as selected.
| ListBase | |
| selectedIndex : int
The index in the data provider of the selected item.
| ListBase | |
| selectedIndices : Array
An array of indices in the data provider of the selected items.
| ListBase | |
| selectedItem : Object
A reference to the selected item in the data provider.
| ListBase | |
| selectedItems : Array
An array of references to the selected items in the data provider.
| ListBase | |
| showDataTips : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether dataTips are displayed for text in the rows.
| ListBase | |
| showInAutomationHierarchy : Boolean
A flag that determines if an automation object
shows in the automation hierarchy.
| UIComponent | |
| showScrollTips : Boolean = false
A flag that indicates whether a tooltip should appear
near the scroll thumb when it is being dragged.
| ScrollControlBase | |
| soundTransform : SoundTransform
Controls sound within this sprite.
| Sprite | |
| stage : Stage
The Stage of the display object.
| DisplayObject | |
| states : Array
The view states that are defined for this component.
| UIComponent | |
| styleDeclaration : CSSStyleDeclaration
Storage for the inline inheriting styles on this object.
| UIComponent | |
| styleName : Object
The class style used by this component.
| UIComponent | |
| systemManager : ISystemManager
Returns the SystemManager object used by this component.
| UIComponent | |
| tabChildren : Boolean
Determines whether the children of the object are tab enabled.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
| tabEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object is in the tab order.
| InteractiveObject | |
| tabIndex : int
Specifies the tab ordering of objects in a SWF file.
| InteractiveObject | |
| textSnapshot : TextSnapshot
Returns a TextSnapshot object for this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
| toolTip : String
Text to display in the ToolTip.
| UIComponent | |
| transform : Transform
An object with properties pertaining to a display object's matrix, color transform, and pixel bounds.
| DisplayObject | |
| transitions : Array
An Array of Transition objects, where each Transition object defines a
set of effects to play when a view state change occurs.
| UIComponent | |
| tweeningProperties : Array
Array of properties that are currently being tweened on this object.
| UIComponent | |
| uid : String
A unique identifier for the object.
| UIComponent | |
| updateCompletePendingFlag : Boolean
A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases
of layout validation (provided that any were required).
| UIComponent | |
| useHandCursor : Boolean
A Boolean value that indicates whether the pointing hand (hand cursor) appears when the mouse rolls
over a sprite in which the
buttonMode property is set to true. | Sprite | |
| validationSubField : String
Used by a validator to associate a subfield with this component.
| UIComponent | |
| value : Object
The selected item, or the data or label field of the selected item.
| ListBase | |
| variableRowHeight : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether the individual rows can have different
height.
| ListBase | |
| verticalScrollPolicy : String
A property that indicates whether the vertical scroll bar is always on, always off,
or automatically changes based on the parameters passed to the
setScrollBarProperties() method. | ScrollControlBase | |
| verticalScrollPosition : Number
The offset into the content from the top edge.
| ScrollControlBase | |
| viewMetrics : EdgeMetrics
An EdgeMetrics object taking into account the scroll bars,
if visible.
| ScrollControlBase | |
| visible : Boolean
Controls the visibility of this UIComponent.
| UIComponent | |
| width : Number
Number that specifies the width of the component, in pixels,
in the parent's coordinates.
| UIComponent | |
| wordWrap : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether text in the row should be word wrapped.
| ListBase | |
| x : Number
Number that specifies the component's horizontal position,
in pixels, within its parent container.
| UIComponent | |
| y : Number
Number that specifies the component's vertical position,
in pixels, within its parent container.
| UIComponent | |
| Property | Defined by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| anchorBookmark : CursorBookmark
A bookmark to the item that is the anchor.
| ListBase | |
| anchorIndex : int = -1
The offset of the item in the data provider that is the selection
anchor point.
| ListBase | |
| border : IFlexDisplayObject
The border object.
| ScrollControlBase | |
| caretBookmark : CursorBookmark
A bookmark to the item under the caret.
| ListBase | |
| caretIndex : int = -1
The offset of the item in the data provider that is the selection
caret point.
| ListBase | |
| caretIndicator : Sprite
The DisplayObject that contains the graphics that indicate
which renderer is the caret.
| ListBase | |
| caretItemRenderer : IListItemRenderer
The renderer for the item under the caret.
| ListBase | |
| caretUID : String
The UID of the item under the caret.
| ListBase | |
| collection : ICollectionView
An ICollectionView that represents the data provider.
| ListBase | |
| defaultColumnCount : int = 4
The default number of columns to display.
| ListBase | |
| defaultRowCount : int = 4
The default number of rows to display.
| ListBase | |
| dragImage : IUIComponent
Gets an instance of a class that displays the visuals
during a drag and drop operation.
| ListBase | |
| dragImageOffsets : Point
Gets the offset of the drag image for drag and drop.
| ListBase | |
| explicitColumnCount : int = -1
The column count requested by explicitly setting the
columnCount property. | ListBase | |
| explicitColumnWidth : Number
The column width requested by explicitly setting the
columnWidth. | ListBase | |
| explicitRowCount : int = -1
The row count requested by explicitly setting
rowCount. | ListBase | |
| explicitRowHeight : Number
The row height requested by explicitly setting
rowHeight. | ListBase | |
| freeItemRenderers : Array
A stack of unused item renderers.
| ListBase | |
| highlightIndicator : Sprite
The DisplayObject that contains the graphics that indicates
which renderer is highlighted.
| ListBase | |
| highlightItemRenderer : IListItemRenderer
The renderer that is currently rolled over or under the caret.
| ListBase | |
| highlightUID : String
The UID of the item that is current rolled over or under the caret.
| ListBase | |
| horizontalScrollBar : ScrollBar
The horizontal scroll bar.
| ScrollControlBase | |
| itemsNeedMeasurement : Boolean = true
A flag that indicates whether the
columnWidth
and rowHeight properties need to be calculated. | ListBase | |
| itemsSizeChanged : Boolean = false
A flag that indicates that the size of the renderers may have changed.
| ListBase | |
| iterator : IViewCursor
The main IViewCursor used to fetch items from the
data provider and pass the items to the renderers.
| ListBase | |
| iteratorValid : Boolean = true
A flag that indicates that a page fault as occurred and that
the iterator's position is not valid (not positioned at the topmost
item being displayed).
| ListBase | |
| keySelectionPending : Boolean = false
A flag that indicates if keyboard selection was interrupted by
a page fault.
| ListBase | |
| lastDropIndex : int
The most recently calculated index where the drag item
should be added to the drop target.
| ListBase | |
| lastSeekPending : ListBaseSeekPending
The most recent seek that caused a page fault.
| ListBase | |
| listContent : ListBaseContentHolder
An internal display object that parents all of the item renderers,
selection and highlighting indicators and other supporting graphics.
| ListBase | |
| listItems : Array
An Array of Arrays that contains
the itemRenderer instances that render each data provider item.
| ListBase | |
| maskShape : Shape
The mask.
| ScrollControlBase | |
| rendererChanged : Boolean = false
A flag that indicates that the renderer changed.
| ListBase | |