# Custom Datagrid Cellrenderer NOT firing datagrid edit events

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-datagrid-cellrenderer-not-firing-datagrid-edit-events/352005>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 7, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-datagrid-cellrenderer-not-firing-datagrid-edit-events/352005 "2014-11-07T20:16:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![FLBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FLBill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FLBill)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-datagrid-cellrenderer-not-firing-datagrid-edit-events/352005/1 "2014-11-07T20:16:16Z")

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Custom CellRenderer issue, using Flash DataGrid in Using FlashPro CS6.

Bottom line:

Can’t get a Datagrid MyCustomRenderer extends UIComponent to pick up skins;  
or a MyCustomRenderer extends CellRenderer to fire  
DataGridEvent.ITEM\_EDIT\_BEGIN or DataGridEvent.ITEM\_EDIT\_BEGINNING.

I am looking for one or the other, to do both.

(My preference would be extending CellRenderer).

Platform:

. FlashPro CS6 . Flash DataGrid component . All code in AS3 class files.

How I got here

import fl.controls.listClasses.CellRenderer;  
import fl.controls.listClasses.ICellRenderer;  
import fl.controls.listClasses.ListData;  
import flash.events.Event;  
import fl.events.DataGridEvent;  
import flash.events.MouseEvent;  
import flash.text.TextFormat;  
import flash.text.TextFormatAlign;  
import flash.display.Sprite;

// The grid is set to be editable.

```
public class MyRenderer extends CellRenderer implements ICellRenderer

     // NEITHER OF THESE FIRE -- but the Up/Over/etc skinning is fine.

    addEventListener(DataGridEvent.ITEM_EDIT_BEGIN, function()
        { trace (" [inside the cellrender] " +                      
                 "MyRenderer:DataGridEvent.ITEM_EDIT_BEGIN"); } );

    addEventListener(DataGridEvent.ITEM_EDIT_BEGINNING, function()
        { trace (" [inside the cellrender] " +                      
                 "MyRenderer:DataGridEvent.ITEM_EDIT_BEGINNING"); } );

    public class MyRenderer extends UIComponent implements ICellRenderer {

    // THESE DO FIRE -- but the Up/Over/etc skinning does not work.

    addEventListener(DataGridEvent.ITEM_EDIT_BEGIN, function()
        { trace (" [inside the cellrender] " +                      
                 "MyRenderer:DataGridEvent.ITEM_EDIT_BEGIN"); } );

    addEventListener(DataGridEvent.ITEM_EDIT_BEGINNING, function()
        { trace (" [inside the cellrender] " +                      
                 "MyRenderer:DataGridEvent.ITEM_EDIT_BEGINNING"); } );

```

I would love an AS3 example where a customRenderer extending Either UIComponent or CellRenderer does both skinning and fires the datagrid events.

Thank you!