package gov.va.med.edp.widget {
import mx.controls.PopUpButton;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import mx.controls.PopUpMenuButton;
import mx.core.mx_internal;

use namespace mx_internal;

    /**
     * This class contains a workaround for the default behavior of PopUpMenuButton which is to fire an itemClick event
     * when a click event occurs on the main button.  PopUpMenuButton doesn't respect preventDefault on the click event
     * object, so we override default behavior by setting openAlways to true and only firing itemClicks on normal menu
     * selections by making parent class think that all clicks are above the arrow button.  
     */
public class OpenAlwaysPopUpMenuButton extends PopUpMenuButton {
    public function OpenAlwaysPopUpMenuButton() {
        super();
        super.openAlways = true;

    }

    public override function set openAlways(b:Boolean):void {
        // NOOP
    }

    mx_internal override function overArrowButton(event:MouseEvent):Boolean
    {
        return true;
    }
}
}