Forcing ComboBox to use htmlText

If your datasource values are in html format (I use <b></b> frequently to provide simple formatting and highlighting), you can simply force the textInput control that handles the display of the selected item text to use its htmlText field.

override protected function updateDisplayList(w:Number, h:Number):void
{
     super.updateDisplayList(w, unscaledHeight);
     // force use of htmlText
     textInput.htmlText = selectedLabel;
}

Not a completely robust solution, but it works nicely for me.  Occasionally I’ll use this with a custom list item renderer that does the same thing.

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