Adobe Flex Datagrid: addEventListener MouseEvent.CLICK

Question

I have a datagrid with a custom label itemrenderer (basically it makes the label look like a traditional html hyperlink).

<mx:DataGridColumn id="itemId">  
  <mx:itemRenderer>
    <mx:Component>
      <controls3:HyperlinkLabel text="{data.doc}" />
    </mx:Component>
  </mx:itemRenderer>   
</mx:DataGridColumn> 

The above works perfectly.

I'd like to try add an event listener to this itemrenderer, but I'm not sure how to do this given that I cant specify an id for the itemrendered itself.

I tried the following, but it doesnt seem to work:

itemId.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onItemSelect);

Answer 1

You don't need an ID. Just do it using event.currentTarget

<mx:DataGridColumn id="itemId">  
  <mx:itemRenderer>
    <mx:Component>
      <controls3:HyperlinkLabel text="{data.doc}" click="onItemSelect(event)" />
    </mx:Component>
  </mx:itemRenderer>   
</mx:DataGridColumn> 

And then ... up in your Script tag ...

private function onItemSelect(event:MouseEvent) : void {
 // do something with event.currentTarget
}