Flex Examples

The following example shows how you can easily create a drop shadow effect on a TextInput control using the dropShadowEnabled style (instead of creating a DropShadowFilter), as well as control the drop shadow effect’s color, direction, and distance (using the dropShadowColor, shadowDirection, and shadowDistance styles, respectively).

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/30/creating-drop-shadows-on-the-flex-textinput-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Grid>
            <mx:GridRow>
                <!-- dropShadowEnabled -->
                <mx:GridItem>
                    <mx:CheckBox id="checkBox"
                            label="dropShadowEnabled:"
                            selected="true"
                            labelPlacement="left" />
                </mx:GridItem>

                <!-- dropShadowColor -->
                <mx:GridItem>
                    <mx:Label text="dropShadowColor:" />
                    <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker" />
                </mx:GridItem>
            </mx:GridRow>

            <mx:GridRow>
                <!-- shadowDirection -->
                <mx:GridItem>
                    <mx:Label text="shadowDirection:" />
                    <mx:ComboBox id="comboBox" selectedIndex="1">
                        <mx:dataProvider>
                            <mx:String>left</mx:String>
                            <mx:String>center</mx:String>
                            <mx:String>right</mx:String>
                        </mx:dataProvider>
                    </mx:ComboBox>
                </mx:GridItem>

                <!-- shadowDistance -->
                <mx:GridItem>
                    <mx:Label text="shadowDistance:" />
                    <mx:HSlider id="slider"
                            minimum="-10"
                            maximum="10"
                            value="2"
                            liveDragging="true"
                            snapInterval="1"
                            tickInterval="1"
                            dataTipPrecision="0" />
                </mx:GridItem>
            </mx:GridRow>
        </mx:Grid>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:TextInput id="textInput"
            dropShadowEnabled="{checkBox.selected}"
            dropShadowColor="{colorPicker.selectedColor}"
            shadowDirection="{comboBox.selectedItem}"
            shadowDistance="{slider.value}" />

</mx:Application>

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