Question

Hi guys i have a list control in a component mxml file. I have created a function in main mxml file, i want to input a text string and add it to this list. How can i do that. Currently using this code

public function add(event:MouseEvent):void
        {
            var name:String = mytextinputid.text;
            currentState = 'ChatScreen';
                mylist.____     
        }

Note that this function is in main and the mylist list control is in component mxml

Best regards

Answer 1

If you have assigned an id to your component, which I assume is mylist, you simply call

myList.dataProvider.addItem(name);

You should always have a dataProvider set to myList. Or else you can set one at run time.

var myCollection:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
myCollection.addItem(name);
myList.dataProvider = myCollection;

OR you can specify a dataProvider from MXML

<mx:List id="myList" dataProvider="{myCollection}"/>