Scroll to selected item in Flex 4 Spark List component

Question

I\'m setting selected element in s:List component with Actionscript, it works, but List doesn\'t scroll to selected item -- need to scroll with scrollbar or mouse. Is it pos

Answer 1

This function will scroll to the top of the list in Flex 4+. It takes in account the height of the item, so it will work for lists with different items with different height.

private function scrollToIndex(list:List,index:int):void
{
    if (!list.layout)
        return;

    var dataGroup:DataGroup = list.dataGroup;

    var spDelta:Point = dataGroup.layout.getScrollPositionDeltaToElement(index);

    if (spDelta)
    {
        dataGroup.horizontalScrollPosition += spDelta.x;
        //move it to the top if the list has enough items
        if(spDelta.y > 0)
        {
            var maxVSP:Number = dataGroup.contentHeight - dataGroup.height;
            var itemBounds:Rectangle = list.layout.getElementBounds(index);
            var newHeight:Number = dataGroup.verticalScrollPosition + spDelta.y 
            + dataGroup.height - itemBounds.height;
            dataGroup.verticalScrollPosition = Math.min(maxVSP, newHeight);
        }
        else
        {
            dataGroup.verticalScrollPosition += spDelta.y;

        }
    }
}