Get clicked menu item index, label, toggle state
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute">
<mx:Script>
import mx.controls.Menu;
import mx.events.MenuEvent;
private function createAndShow():void {
var myMenu:Menu = Menu.createMenu(null, myMenuData, false);
myMenu.labelField="@label"
myMenu.addEventListener(MenuEvent.ITEM_CLICK,itemClickInfo);
myMenu.show(225, 10);
}
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;
}
</mx:Script>
<mx:XML id="myMenuData">
<xmlRoot>
<menuitem label="MenuItem A">
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-1" enabled="false" />
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-2" />
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-3" />
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-4" />
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-5" />
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-6" />
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-7" />
</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>
</mx:XML>
<mx:Button x="10" y="5" label="Open Menu" click="createAndShow();" />
<mx:TextArea x="10" y="40" width="200" height="100" id="ta1" />
</mx:Application>
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