[tristian]

Hello.
I recently came across a problem whilst trying to set different coloured icons for each row of the list component and couldn't find any solution.

In brief this is what I came up with...

1. Add a list component to the stage, lets call it 'the_list'

2. Add your items to the list component and include a colour field:

Actionscript:

the_list.addItem({label:"Mable", data:1, colour:0x009966});

3. Specify the Linkage ID to the movie clip to act as icon:

Actionscript:

the_list.defaultIcon = "listIcon";

4. Create a new movie clip. Call it 'listIcon' and tick ' Export for Actionscript'.

5. Add this to the timeline of the listIcon movie clip:

Actionscript:

// get colour from item object
var categoryColour = this._parent.item.colour;
//colour object
colour = new Color(this);
// set color
colour.setRGB(categoryColour);

6. Publish.

Let me know what you think. Sample file included.