import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;

[Bindable]
private var customersArray:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection([
{FirstName:"Barbara", LastName:"Jennings"},
{FirstName:"John", LastName:"Gag"},
{FirstName:"Joe", LastName:"Smith"},
{FirstName:"Brian", LastName:"Sheridan"},
{FirstName:"Chris", LastName:"Sheridan"},
{FirstName:"Jose", LastName:"Reyes"},
{FirstName:"Barbara", LastName:"Walters"},
{FirstName:"Bruce", LastName:"Smith"},
{FirstName:"Barry", LastName:"Sanders"},
{FirstName:"Joe", LastName:"Montana"},
{FirstName:"George", LastName:"Bush"},
{FirstName:"Jim", LastName:"Carey"},
{FirstName:"Roy", LastName:"Holliday"},
{FirstName:"Ryan", LastName:"Braun"},
{FirstName:"Jimmy", LastName:"Kimble"},
{FirstName:"Steve", LastName:"Weyrick"}

]);

private function filterContent():void{
if(txtFilter.text.length == 0){
customersArray.filterFunction=null;
}
else{
customersArray.filterFunction=filterColumn;
}

customersArray.refresh();
}

private function filterColumn(item:Object):Boolean{
var content:String = txtFilter.text.toLowerCase();
var key:String = item.FirstName.toLowerCase();

if(key.indexOf(content)!=-1){
return true
}
else{
return false
}
}

override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void
{
super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
textField.y = (this.height-textField.height)+23>>1;
//textField.y =15;

textField.height=30;
textField.width=65;
}

Thanks anyway for the post. If you have a workaround for this please post it.

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