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FListBox.getSelectedItem

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

myListBox.getSelectedItem()

Parameters

None.

Returns

An object or undefined.

Description

Method; returns the currently selected item as an object with the properties label and data. If more than one item is selected, the method returns the most recently selected item in the list; if no items are selected, the method returns undefined. To retrieve information about all selected items in a multiple-selection list box, use FListBox.getSelectedItems.

Example

The following code returns the label of the item currently selected in listBox1.

trace(listBox1.getSelectedItem().label);

The following code returns the data or value associated with item currently selected in listBox2.

trace(listBox2.getSelectedItem().data);

The following code returns an object containing the label and the data value associated with the item currently selected in listBox3.

trace(listBox3.getSelectedItem());

See also

FListBox.getItemAt