Changing a Tile container’s horizontal and vertical gaps

by Peter deHaan on August 25, 2007

in Tile

The following example uses two slider controls to adjust the values of the horizontalGap and verticalGap styles.

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-tile-containers-horizontal-and-vertical-gaps/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Label text="horizontalGap:" />
        <mx:HSlider id="hGap"
                minimum="0"
                maximum="10"
                value="2"
                liveDragging="true"
                snapInterval="1"
                tickInterval="2"
                dataTipPrecision="0" />

        <mx:Spacer width="100" />

        <mx:Label text="verticalGap:" />
        <mx:HSlider id="vGap"
                minimum="0"
                maximum="10"
                value="2"
                liveDragging="true"
                snapInterval="1"
                tickInterval="2"
                dataTipPrecision="0" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:Tile id="tile"
            backgroundColor="haloSilver"
            tileHeight="50"
            tileWidth="50"
            verticalGap="{vGap.value}"
            horizontalGap="{hGap.value}">
        <mx:Button label="1" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="2" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="3" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="4" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="5" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="6" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="7" width="100%" height="100%" />
    </mx:Tile>

</mx:Application>

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