Flex - Datagrid ItemRenderer

Question

Is it possible to put an itemrenderer on the DataGrid itself rather than a datagridcolumn? I could only find examples for datagridcolumn. I want a generic itemrenderer on all the items in a datagrid...

Answer 1

Yes. (this is a Flex 4 example, but same is true for 3)

<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo" minWidth="1024" minHeight="768">
    <fx:Script>
     <![CDATA[
      import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
      [Bindable] private var dp:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection([{far:"test",sight:"test"},{far:"test",sight:"test"},{far:"test",sight:"test"},{far:"test",sight:"test"}]);
     ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <mx:DataGrid width="100%" height="100%" dataProvider="{dp}">
     <mx:itemRenderer>
      <fx:Component>
       <mx:Label text="woot there it is"/>
      </fx:Component>
     </mx:itemRenderer>
    </mx:DataGrid>
</s:Application>

[http://weblogs.macromedia.com/pent/archives/2008/03/itemrenderers_p.html Peter Ent's itemRenderer Series] is killer.