Adding icons to a Flex TabBar control

This example is pretty similar to the previous entry “Adding icons to a Flex TabNavigator control” although it uses a TabBar control instead of a TabNavigator control. Well, that and this post doesn’t bother with an XML object and the DataGrid controls.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/21/adding-icons-to-a-flex-tabbar-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            [Bindable]
            [Embed(source="assets/bulletCheck.png")]
            private var BulletCheck:Class;

            [Bindable]
            [Embed(source="assets/bulletWarning.png")]
            private var BulletWarning:Class;

            [Bindable]
            [Embed(source="assets/bulletCritical.png")]
            private var BulletCritical:Class;
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:VBox id="box" width="400" verticalGap="0">
        <mx:TabBar id="tabBar"
                direction="horizontal"
                dataProvider="{viewStack}"
                width="100%" />

        <mx:ViewStack id="viewStack"
                width="100%"
                height="100"
                backgroundColor="white"
                borderSides="left bottom right"
                borderStyle="solid"
                borderThickness="1">

            <mx:Canvas id="child1"
                    label="Success"
                    icon="{BulletCheck}">
                <mx:Label text="one" />
            </mx:Canvas>

            <mx:Canvas id="child2"
                    label="Warning"
                    icon="{BulletWarning}">
                <mx:Label text="two" />
            </mx:Canvas>

            <mx:Canvas id="child3"
                    label="Error"
                    icon="{BulletCritical}">
                <mx:Label text="three" />
            </mx:Canvas>

        </mx:ViewStack>
    </mx:VBox>

</mx:Application>

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Tagged as: icon