While probably not very useful to most, this is a quick post on changing the CheckBox control’s labelPlacement property to control where the text appears in relation to the check box.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/25/changing-a-checkbox-controls-label-placement/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Label text="labelPlacement:" />
        <mx:ComboBox id="labelPlace" selectedIndex="1">
            <mx:dataProvider>
                <mx:String>{mx.controls.ButtonLabelPlacement.LEFT}</mx:String>
                <mx:String>{mx.controls.ButtonLabelPlacement.RIGHT}</mx:String>
                <mx:String>{mx.controls.ButtonLabelPlacement.TOP}</mx:String>
                <mx:String>{mx.controls.ButtonLabelPlacement.BOTTOM}</mx:String>
            </mx:dataProvider>
        </mx:ComboBox>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:CheckBox label="Label"
            labelPlacement="{labelPlace.selectedItem}" />

</mx:Application>

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Peter deHaan

Peter deHaan currently works for Adobe on the Flex SDK QA team. While not working on Flex, Flash, and ColdFusion applications, Peter enjoys making up bios and writing in 3rd person. Peter's rarely updated blog can be found at blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/, actionscriptexamples.com, airexamples.com, and coldfusionexamples.com.

3 Responses to Changing a CheckBox control’s label placement

  1. flex_n00b says:

    in flex 4, labelPlacement property has been removed…
    how can i set the label placement?…
    thanks

  2. Do you consider this an example of improved usability/performance or can we expect a labelPlacement property in the future?

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