(Flex Data Visualization components only)
Packagemx.controls
Classpublic class AdvancedDataGrid
InheritanceAdvancedDataGrid Inheritance AdvancedDataGridBaseEx Inheritance AdvancedDataGridBase Inheritance AdvancedListBase Inheritance ScrollControlBase Inheritance UIComponent Inheritance FlexSprite Inheritance Sprite Inheritance DisplayObjectContainer Inheritance InteractiveObject Inheritance DisplayObject Inheritance EventDispatcher Inheritance Object
Subclasses OLAPDataGrid, PrintAdvancedDataGrid

The AdvancedDataGrid control expands on the functionality of the standard DataGrid control to add data visualization features to your Adobe Flex application. These features provide greater control of data display, data aggregation, and data formatting. The AdvancedDataGrid control is like a List control except that it can show more than one column of data, making it suited for showing objects with multiple properties.

The AdvancedDataGrid control provides the following features:

The AdvancedDataGrid control is intended for viewing data, and not as a layout tool like an HTML table. The mx.containers package provides those layout tools.

MXML SyntaxexpandedHide MXML Syntax

The <mx:AdvancedDataGrid> tag inherits all of the tag attributes of its superclass, except for labelField, iconField, and iconFunction, and adds the following tag attributes:

  <mx:AdvancedDataGrid
    Properties
    displayDisclosureIcon="true|false"
    displayItemsExpanded="false|true"
    groupedColumns="[]"
    groupIconFunction="null"
    groupItemRenderer="AdvancedDataGridGroupItemRenderer"
    groupLabelFunction="null"
    groupRowHeight="-1"
    itemIcons="undefined"
    lockedColumnCount="0"
    lockedRowCount="0"
    rendererProviders="[]"
    selectedCells="null"
    sortExpertMode="false|true"
    treeColumn="null"
     
    Styles
    alternatingItemColors="undefined"
    defaultLeafIcon="TreeNodeIcon"
    depthColors="undefined"
    disclosureClosedIcon="TreeDisclosureClosed"
    disclosureOpenIcon="TreeDisclosureOpen"
    folderClosedIcon="TreeFolderClosed"
    folderOpenIcon="TreeFolderOpen"
    headerHorizontalSeparatorSkin="undefined"
    indentation="17"
    openDuration="250"
    openEasingFunction="undefined"
    paddingLeft="2"
    paddingRight="0"
    selectionDisabledColor="#DDDDDD"
    selectionEasingFunction="undefined"
    sortFontFamily="Verdana"
    sortFontSize="10"
    sortFontStyle="normal"
    sortFontWeight="normal"
    textRollOverColor="#2B333C"
    textSelectedColor="#2B333C"
     
    Events
    headerDragOutside="No default"
    headerDropOutside="No default"
    itemClose="No default"
    itemOpen="No default"
    itemOpening="No default" 
  />
   
  The following AdvancedDataGrid code sample specifies the column order:
  <mx:AdvancedDataGrid>
    <mx:dataProvider>
        <mx:Object Artist="Pavement" Price="11.99"
          Album="Slanted and Enchanted"/>
        <mx:Object Artist="Pavement"
          Album="Brighten the Corners" Price="11.99"/>
    </mx:dataProvider>
    <mx:columns>
        <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn dataField="Album"/>
        <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn dataField="Price"/>
    </mx:columns>
  </mx:AdvancedDataGrid>
  

View the examples

See also

mx.controls.advancedDataGridClasses.AdvancedDataGridItemRenderer
mx.controls.advancedDataGridClasses.AdvancedDataGridColumn
mx.controls.advancedDataGridClasses.AdvancedDataGridDragProxy
mx.events.AdvancedDataGridEvent
mx.controls.DataGrid
Sorting by multiple columns
Styling rows and columns
Selecting multiple cells and rows
Hierarchical and grouped data display
Displaying hierarchical data
Displaying grouped data
Creating column groups
Using item renderers with the AdvancedDataGrid control
Keyboard navigation


Public Properties
 PropertyDefined By
 InheritedaccessibilityProperties : AccessibilityProperties
The current accessibility options for this display object.
DisplayObject
 InheritedactiveEffects : Array
[read-only] The list of effects that are currently playing on the component, as an Array of EffectInstance instances.
UIComponent
 InheritedallowDragSelection : Boolean = false
A flag that indicates whether drag-selection is enabled.
AdvancedListBase
 InheritedallowMultipleSelection : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether you can allow more than one item to be selected at the same time.
AdvancedListBase
 Inheritedalpha : Number
Indicates the alpha transparency value of the object specified.
DisplayObject
 InheritedautomationDelegate : Object
The delegate object that handles the automation-related functionality.
UIComponent
 InheritedautomationName : String
Name that can be used as an identifier for this object.
UIComponent
 InheritedautomationTabularData : Object
[read-only] An implementation of the IAutomationTabularData interface, which can be used to retrieve the data.
UIComponent
 InheritedautomationValue : Array
[read-only] This value generally corresponds to the rendered appearance of the object and should be usable for correlating the identifier with the object as it appears visually within the application.
UIComponent
 InheritedbaselinePosition : Number
[read-only] The y-coordinate of the baseline of the first line of text of the component.
UIComponent
 InheritedblendMode : String
A value from the BlendMode class that specifies which blend mode to use.
DisplayObject
 InheritedborderMetrics : EdgeMetrics
[read-only] Returns an EdgeMetrics object that has four properties: left, top, right, and bottom.
ScrollControlBase
 InheritedbuttonMode : Boolean
Specifies the button mode of this sprite.
Sprite
 InheritedcacheAsBitmap : Boolean
If set to true, Flash Player or Adobe AIR caches an internal bitmap representation of the display object.
DisplayObject
 InheritedcacheHeuristic : Boolean
[write-only] Used by Flex to suggest bitmap caching for the object.
UIComponent
 InheritedcachePolicy : String
Specifies the bitmap caching policy for this object.
UIComponent
 InheritedclassName : String
[read-only] The name of this instance's class, such as "Button".
UIComponent
 Inheritedcolumns : Array
An array of AdvancedDataGridColumn objects, one for each column that can be displayed.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 InheritedcolumnWidth : Number
The width of the control's columns.
AdvancedListBase
 Inheritedconstructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
Object
 InheritedcontentMouseX : Number
[read-only] Returns the x position of the mouse, in the content coordinate system.
UIComponent
 InheritedcontentMouseY : Number
[read-only] Returns the y position of the mouse, in the content coordinate system.
UIComponent
 InheritedcontextMenu : NativeMenu
Specifies the context menu associated with this object.
InteractiveObject
 InheritedcurrentState : String
The current view state of the component.
UIComponent
 InheritedcursorManager : ICursorManager
[read-only] Gets the CursorManager that controls the cursor for this component and its peers.
UIComponent
 Inheriteddata : Object
The item in the data provider this component should render when this component is used as an item renderer or item editor.
AdvancedListBase
 InheriteddataProvider : Object
Set of data to be viewed.
AdvancedListBase
 InheriteddataTipField : String
Name of the field in the data provider items to display as the data tip.
AdvancedListBase
 InheriteddataTipFunction : Function
User-supplied function to run on each item to determine its dataTip.
AdvancedListBase
 Inheriteddescriptor : UIComponentDescriptor
Reference to the UIComponentDescriptor, if any, that was used by the createComponentFromDescriptor() method to create this UIComponent instance.
UIComponent
  displayDisclosureIcon : Boolean
Controls the creation and visibility of disclosure icons in the navigation tree.
AdvancedDataGrid
  displayItemsExpanded : Boolean
If true, expand the navigation tree to show all items.
AdvancedDataGrid
 Inheriteddocument : Object
A reference to the document object associated with this UIComponent.
UIComponent
 InheriteddoubleClickEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether the UIComponent object receives doubleClick events.
UIComponent
 InheriteddragEnabled : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether you can drag items out of this control and drop them on other controls.
AdvancedListBase
 InheriteddraggableColumns : Boolean
Indicates whether you are allowed to reorder columns.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 InheriteddragMoveEnabled : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether items can be moved instead of just copied from the control as part of a drag-and-drop operation.
AdvancedListBase
 InheriteddropEnabled : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether dragged items can be dropped onto the control.
AdvancedListBase
 InheriteddropTarget : DisplayObject
[read-only] Specifies the display object over which the sprite is being dragged, or on which the sprite was dropped.
Sprite
 Inheritededitable : String
Indicates whether or not the user can edit items in the data provider.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 InheritededitedItemPosition : Object
The column and row index of the item renderer for the data provider item being edited, if any.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 InheritededitedItemRenderer : IListItemRenderer
[read-only] A reference to the item renderer in the AdvancedDataGrid control whose item is currently being edited.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 Inheritedenabled : Boolean
Whether the component can accept user interaction.
UIComponent
 InheritederrorString : String
The text that will be displayed by a component's error tip when a component is monitored by a Validator and validation fails.
UIComponent
 InheritedexplicitHeight : Number
Number that specifies the explicit height of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
UIComponent
 InheritedexplicitMaxHeight : Number
Number that specifies the maximum height of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
UIComponent
 InheritedexplicitMaxWidth : Number
Number that specifies the maximum width of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
UIComponent
 InheritedexplicitMinHeight : Number
Number that specifies the minimum height of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
UIComponent
 InheritedexplicitMinWidth : Number
Number that specifies the minimum width of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
UIComponent
 InheritedexplicitWidth : Number
Number that specifies the explicit width of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
UIComponent
 Inheritedfilters : Array
An indexed array that contains each filter object currently associated with the display object.
DisplayObject
  firstVisibleItem : Object
The data provider element that corresponds to the item that is currently displayed in the top row of the AdvancedDataGrid control.
AdvancedDataGrid
 InheritedflexContextMenu : IFlexContextMenu
The context menu for this UIComponent.
UIComponent
 InheritedfocusEnabled : Boolean
Indicates whether the component can receive focus when tabbed to.
UIComponent
 InheritedfocusManager : IFocusManager
Gets the FocusManager that controls focus for this component and its peers.
UIComponent
 InheritedfocusPane : Sprite
The focus pane associated with this object.
UIComponent
 InheritedfocusRect : Object
Specifies whether this object displays a focus rectangle.
InteractiveObject
 Inheritedgraphics : Graphics
[read-only] Specifies the Graphics object that belongs to this sprite where vector drawing commands can occur.
Sprite
  groupedColumns : Array
An Array that defines the hierarchy of AdvancedDataGridColumn instances when performing column grouping.
AdvancedDataGrid
  groupIconFunction : Function
A user-supplied callback function to run on each group item to determine its branch icon in the navigation tree.
AdvancedDataGrid
  groupItemRenderer : IFactory
Specifies the item renderer used to display the branch nodes in the navigation tree that correspond to groups.
AdvancedDataGrid
  groupLabelFunction : Function
A callback function to run on each item to determine its label in the navigation tree.
AdvancedDataGrid
  groupRowHeight : Number
The height of the grouped row, in pixels.
AdvancedDataGrid
 InheritedheaderHeight : Number
The height of the header cell of the column, in pixels.
AdvancedDataGridBase
 InheritedheaderRenderer : IFactory
The header renderer used to display the header rows of the column.
AdvancedDataGridBase
 InheritedheaderWordWrap : Boolean
If true, specifies that text in the header is wrapped if it does not fit on one line.
AdvancedDataGridBase
 Inheritedheight : Number
Number that specifies the height of the component, in pixels, in the parent's coordinates.
UIComponent
  hierarchicalCollectionView : IHierarchicalCollectionView
The IHierarchicalCollectionView instance used by the control.
AdvancedDataGrid
 InheritedhitArea : Sprite
Designates another sprite to serve as the hit area for a sprite.
Sprite
 InheritedhorizontalScrollPolicy : String
A property that indicates whether the horizontal scroll bar is always on, always off, or automatically changes based on the parameters passed to the setScrollBarProperties() method.
ScrollControlBase
 InheritedhorizontalScrollPosition : Number
The offset into the content from the left edge.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 InheritediconField : String
The name of the field in the data provider object that determines what to display as the icon.
AdvancedListBase
 InheritediconFunction : Function
A user-supplied function to run on each item to determine its icon.
AdvancedListBase
 Inheritedid : String
ID of the component.
UIComponent
 InheritedimeMode : String
Specifies the IME (input method editor) mode.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 InheritedincludeInLayout : Boolean
Specifies whether this component is included in the layout of the parent container.
UIComponent
 InheritedinheritingStyles : Object
The beginning of this component's chain of inheriting styles.
UIComponent
 Inheritedinitialized : Boolean
A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases of layout: commitment, measurement, and layout (provided that any were required).
UIComponent
 InheritedinstanceIndex : int
[read-only] The index of a repeated component.
UIComponent
 InheritedinstanceIndices : Array
An Array containing the indices required to reference this UIComponent object from its parent document.
UIComponent
 InheritedisDocument : Boolean
[read-only] Determines whether this UIComponent instance is a document object, that is, whether it is at the top of the hierarchy of a Flex application, MXML component, or ActionScript component.
UIComponent
 InheritedisPopUp : Boolean
Set to true by the PopUpManager to indicate that component has been popped up.
UIComponent
 InheriteditemEditorInstance : IListItemRenderer
A reference to the currently active instance of the item editor, if it exists.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
  itemIcons : Object
An object that specifies the icons for the items.
AdvancedDataGrid
 InheriteditemRenderer : IFactory
The custom item renderer for the control.
AdvancedListBase
 InheritedlabelFunction : Function
A user-supplied function to run on each item to determine its label.
AdvancedListBase
 InheritedlistData : BaseListData
When a component is used as a drop-in item renderer or drop-in item editor, Flex initializes the listData property of the component with the additional data from the list control.
AdvancedListBase
 InheritedliveScrolling : Boolean = true
A flag that indicates whether scrolling is live as the scrollbar thumb is moved or the view is not updated until the thumb is released.
ScrollControlBase
 InheritedloaderInfo : LoaderInfo
[read-only] Returns a LoaderInfo object containing information about loading the file to which this display object belongs.
DisplayObject
  lockedColumnCount : int
[write-only] The index of the first column in the control that scrolls.
AdvancedDataGrid
  lockedRowCount : int
The index of the first row in the control that scrolls.
AdvancedDataGrid
 InheritedlookAheadDuration : Number = 400
The type look-ahead duration, in milliseconds, for multi-character look ahead.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 Inheritedmask : DisplayObject
The calling display object is masked by the specified mask object.
DisplayObject
 InheritedmaxHeight : Number
Number that specifies the maximum height of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
UIComponent
 InheritedmaxWidth : Number
Number that specifies the maximum width of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
UIComponent
 InheritedmeasuredHeight : Number
The default height of the component, in pixels.
UIComponent
 InheritedmeasuredMinHeight : Number
The default minimum height of the component, in pixels.
UIComponent
 InheritedmeasuredMinWidth : Number
The default minimum width of the component, in pixels.
UIComponent
 InheritedmeasuredWidth : Number
The default width of the component, in pixels.
UIComponent
 InheritedmenuSelectionMode : Boolean = false
A flag that indicates whether menu-style selection should be used.
AdvancedListBase
 InheritedminColumnWidth : Number
The minimum width of the columns, in pixels.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 InheritedminHeight : Number
Number that specifies the minimum height of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
UIComponent
 InheritedminWidth : Number
Number that specifies the minimum width of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.
UIComponent
 InheritedmoduleFactory : IFlexModuleFactory
The moduleFactory that is used to create TextFields in the correct SWF context.
UIComponent
 InheritedmouseChildren : Boolean
Determines whether or not the children of the object are mouse enabled.
DisplayObjectContainer
 InheritedmouseEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object receives mouse messages.
InteractiveObject
 InheritedmouseFocusEnabled : Boolean
Whether you can receive focus when clicked on.
UIComponent
 InheritedmouseX : Number
[read-only] Indicates the x coordinate of the mouse position, in pixels.
DisplayObject
 InheritedmouseY : Number
[read-only] Indicates the y coordinate of the mouse position, in pixels.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedname : String
Indicates the instance name of the DisplayObject.
DisplayObject
 InheritednestLevel : int
Depth of this object in the containment hierarchy.
UIComponent
 InheritednonInheritingStyles : Object
The beginning of this component's chain of non-inheriting styles.
UIComponent
 InheritednumAutomationChildren : int
[read-only] The number of automation children this container has.
UIComponent
 InheritednumChildren : int
[read-only] Returns the number of children of this object.
DisplayObjectContainer
 InheritedopaqueBackground : Object
Specifies whether the display object is opaque with a certain background color.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedowner : DisplayObjectContainer
The owner of this UIComponent.
UIComponent
 Inheritedparent : DisplayObjectContainer
[read-only] The parent container or component for this component.
UIComponent
 InheritedparentApplication : Object
[read-only] A reference to the Application object that contains this UIComponent instance.
UIComponent
 InheritedparentDocument : Object
[read-only] A reference to the parent document object for this UIComponent.
UIComponent
 InheritedpercentHeight : Number
Number that specifies the height of a component as a percentage of its parent's size.
UIComponent
 InheritedpercentWidth : Number
Number that specifies the width of a component as a percentage of its parent's size.
UIComponent
 InheritedprocessedDescriptors : Boolean
Set to true after immediate or deferred child creation, depending on which one happens.
UIComponent
 Inheritedprototype : Object
[static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.
Object
  rendererProviders : Array
Array of AdvancedDataGridRendererProvider instances.
AdvancedDataGrid
 Inheritedrepeater : IRepeater
[read-only] A reference to the Repeater object in the parent document that produced this UIComponent.
UIComponent
 InheritedrepeaterIndex : int
[read-only] The index of the item in the data provider of the Repeater that produced this UIComponent.
UIComponent
 InheritedrepeaterIndices : Array
An Array containing the indices of the items in the data provider of the Repeaters in the parent document that produced this UIComponent.
UIComponent
 Inheritedrepeaters : Array
An Array containing references to the Repeater objects in the parent document that produced this UIComponent.
UIComponent
 InheritedresizableColumns : Boolean = true
A flag that indicates whether the user can change the size of the columns.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 Inheritedroot : DisplayObject
[read-only] For a display object in a loaded SWF file, the root property is the top-most display object in the portion of the display list's tree structure represented by that SWF file.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedrotation : Number
Indicates the rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation.
DisplayObject
 InheritedrowCount : int
Number of rows to be displayed.
AdvancedListBase
 InheritedrowHeight : Number
The height of the rows in pixels.
AdvancedListBase
 Inheritedscale9Grid : Rectangle
The current scaling grid that is in effect.
DisplayObject
 InheritedscaleX : Number
Number that specifies the horizontal scaling factor.
UIComponent
 InheritedscaleY : Number
Number that specifies the vertical scaling factor.
UIComponent
 Inheritedscreen : Rectangle
[read-only] Returns an object that contains the size and position of the base drawing surface for this object.
UIComponent
 InheritedscrollRect : Rectangle
The scroll rectangle bounds of the display object.
DisplayObject
 InheritedscrollTipFunction : Function
A function that computes the string to be displayed as the ScrollTip.
ScrollControlBase
 Inheritedselectable : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether the list shows selected items as selected.
AdvancedListBase
  selectedCells : Array
Contains an Array of cell locations as row and column indices.
AdvancedDataGrid
 InheritedselectedIndex : int
The index in the data provider of the selected item.
AdvancedListBase
 InheritedselectedIndices : Array
An array of indices in the data provider of the selected items.
AdvancedListBase
 InheritedselectedItem : Object
A reference to the selected item in the data provider.
AdvancedListBase
 InheritedselectedItems : Array
An Array of references to the selected items in the data provider.
AdvancedListBase
 InheritedselectionMode : String
The selection mode of the control.
AdvancedDataGridBase
 InheritedshowHeaders : Boolean
A flag that indicates whether the control should show column headers.
AdvancedDataGridBase
 InheritedshowInAutomationHierarchy : Boolean
A flag that determines if an automation object shows in the automation hierarchy.
UIComponent
 InheritedshowScrollTips : Boolean = false
A flag that indicates whether a tooltip should appear near the scroll thumb when it is being dragged.
ScrollControlBase
 InheritedsortableColumns : Boolean = true
A flag that indicates whether the user can sort the data provider items by clicking on a column header cell.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 InheritedsortExpertMode : Boolean
By default, the sortExpertMode property is set to false, which means you click in the header area of a column to sort the rows of the AdvancedDataGrid control by that column.
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx
 InheritedsortItemRenderer : IFactory
The sort item renderer to be used to display the sort icon in the column header.
AdvancedDataGridBase
 InheritedsoundTransform : SoundTransform
Controls sound within this sprite.
Sprite
 Inheritedstage : Stage
[read-only] The Stage of the display object.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedstates : Array
The view states that are defined for this component.
UIComponent
 InheritedstyleDeclaration : CSSStyleDeclaration
Storage for the inline inheriting styles on this object.
UIComponent
 InheritedstyleFunction : Function
A callback function called while rendering each cell.
AdvancedDataGridBase
 InheritedstyleName : Object
The class style used by this component.
UIComponent
 InheritedsystemManager : ISystemManager
Returns the SystemManager object used by this component.
UIComponent
 InheritedtabChildren : Boolean
Determines whether the children of the object are tab enabled.
DisplayObjectContainer
 InheritedtabEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object is in the tab order.
InteractiveObject
 InheritedtabIndex : int
Specifies the tab ordering of objects in a SWF file.
InteractiveObject
 InheritedtextSnapshot : TextSnapshot
[read-only] Returns a TextSnapshot object for this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
DisplayObjectContainer
 InheritedtoolTip : String
Text to display in the ToolTip.
UIComponent
 Inheritedtransform : Transform
An object with properties pertaining to a display object's matrix, color transform, and pixel bounds.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedtransitions : Array
An Array of Transition objects, where each Transition object defines a set of effects to play when a view state change occurs.
UIComponent