                 ItemRenderer(renderer).playTransitions = false; 
             
             // TODO (dsubrama) - Go through helper methods to do this. 
-            // Make itemSelected()/itemInCaret() pass around the renderer 
+            // Make itemSelected()/itemShowingCaret() pass around the renderer 
             // instead of index
             IItemRenderer(renderer).selected = false;
-            IItemRenderer(renderer).caret = false;
+            IItemRenderer(renderer).showsCaret = false;
             
             // Now turn the transitions back on by setting playTransitions
             // back to true 

    
    /** 
     *  @private
     *  Flag that is set when the currentCaretIndex has been adjusted due to
     *  items being added or removed. This flag is cleared in 
     *  commitProperties().
     */
    mx_internal var currentCaretIndexAdjusted:Boolean = false;
    
    /**
     *  @private

     *  @playerversion AIR 1.5
     *  @productversion Flex 4
     */
    mx_internal function isItemIndexSelected(index:int):Boolean
    {        
        return index == selectedIndex;
    }
