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Problem

You want to display scroll tips when scrolling the ComboBox control's dropdown menu.

Solution

The following example shows how you can toggle scroll tips on a Flex ComboBox control's dropdown menu by setting the showScrollTips property on the ComboBox control's dropdown property.

Detailed explanation

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/07/01/displaying-scroll-tips-on-a-combobox-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="top"
        backgroundColor="white">
 
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            private function init():void {
                checkBox.selected = comboBox.dropdown.showScrollTips;
            }
 
            private function checkBox_change(evt:Event):void {
                comboBox.dropdown.showScrollTips = checkBox.selected;
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
 
    <mx:Array id="arr">
        <mx:Object label="One" />
        <mx:Object label="Two" />
        <mx:Object label="Three" />
        <mx:Object label="Four" />
        <mx:Object label="Five" />
        <mx:Object label="Six" />
        <mx:Object label="Seven" />
        <mx:Object label="Eight" />
        <mx:Object label="Nine" />
        <mx:Object label="Ten" />
    </mx:Array>
 
    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="showScrollTips:">
                <mx:CheckBox id="checkBox"
                        change="checkBox_change(event);" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>
 
    <mx:ComboBox id="comboBox"
            dataProvider="{arr}"
            creationComplete="init();" />
 
</mx:Application>

For more information, see "Displaying scroll tips on a ComboBox control in Flex" at FlexExamples.com.

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