Question

I have a combobox that act as autosuggestion for a search application. Search function is getting triggered by a search button. I also want to trigger the search function either when the item in combobox is double or single clicked. Code:

 //for triggering search function from combobox(search_complex) it will be   
   something like that but i am not sure 
   search_complex.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, search);
   search(event:Event):void{//something will come hereto use "selctedItem" to
   trigger search function}


 //search function which is working fine by pressing search button
 bt_search.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, search);
 function search(MouseEvent):void{
 currentUserbase = [];
 for (var n:int = 0; n<allUserbase.length; n++)
 { 
 for (var k:int = 0; k<allUserbase[n].complex.length; k++)
 {
 if ((allUserbase[n].complex[k].value.toLowerCase() == 
 search_complex.text.toLowerCase() || search_complex.text==""))
 {   
 currentUserbase.push(allUserbase[n]);
 }
 }
 }
 updateList();
 }//end search

Answer 1

I believe you’re on the right track. Try:

search_complex.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, search);
bt_search.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, search);

function search(event:Event):void
{
  currentUserbase = [];
  for (var n:int = 0; n<allUserbase.length; n++)
  { 
    for (var k:int = 0; k<allUserbase[n].complex.length; k++)
    {
      if ((allUserbase[n].complex[k].value.toLowerCase() ==  search_complex.text.toLowerCase() || search_complex.text==""))
      {   
        currentUserbase.push(allUserbase[n]);
      }
    }
  }

  updateList();

}//end search

You should be able to get the selected item in your combobox using search_complex.selectedItem.label or search_complex.selectedItem.label depending on which property you need to use.