A menu with a simple event listener.
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<!-- menus/EventListener.mxml -->
<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/mx">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout />
</s:layout>
<fx:Script>
import mx.controls.Menu;
import mx.events.MenuEvent;
// Function to create and show a menu.
private function createAndShow():void {
var myMenu:Menu = Menu.createMenu(null, myMenuData, false);
myMenu.labelField="@label"
// Add an event listener for the itemClick event.
myMenu.addEventListener(MenuEvent.ITEM_CLICK,itemClickInfo);
// Show the menu.
myMenu.show(25, 10);
}
// The event listener for the itemClick event.
private function itemClickInfo(event:MenuEvent):void {
ta1.text="event.type: " + event.type;
ta1.text+="\nevent.index: " + event.index;
ta1.text+="\nItem label: " + event.item.@label
ta1.text+="\nItem selected: " + event.item.@toggled;
ta1.text+= "\nItem type: " + event.item.@type;
}
</fx:Script>
<fx:Declarations>
<!-- The XML-based menu data provider. -->
<fx:XML id="myMenuData">
<xmlRoot>
<menuitem label="MenuItem A">
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-1" enabled="false" />
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-2" />
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="MenuItem B" type="check" toggled="true" />
<menuitem label="MenuItem C" type="check" toggled="false" />
<menuitem type="separator" />
<menuitem label="MenuItem D">
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-1" type="radio" groupName="one" />
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-2" type="radio" groupName="one"
toggled="true" />
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-3" type="radio" groupName="one" />
</menuitem>
</xmlRoot>
</fx:XML>
</fx:Declarations>
<!-- Button controls to open the menus. -->
<mx:Button label="Open Menu" click="createAndShow();" />
<!-- Text area to display the event information -->
<mx:TextArea width="200" height="100" id="ta1" />
</s:Application>
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