Selecting text without being editible

Is there a way to set text within items like mx:List and
mx:DataGrid so that it is selectable (and can be copied via Ctrl+C)
without the text being editible. In some cases I need a list of
data with text selectable for use in other applications but I don't
want to edit the text values as well.
Hope this makes sense, Any advice would be greatly
appreciated.
Cheers,
Leigh.

Hi Leigh,
Something like that:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:VBox xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
>
<mx:TextInput id="ti_text" text="{data.label}"
editable="false"/>
</mx:VBox>
Cheers,
Dmitri.

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