Flex Examples

The following example shows how you can set custom status messages in a Flex Panel container by setting the aptly named status property.

Full code after the jump.

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/31/setting-custom-status-messages-in-a-flex-panel-container/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            [Bindable]
            [Embed(source="assets/delete.png")]
            public var DeleteIcon:Class;
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:String id="lorem" source="lorem.txt" />

    <mx:Panel id="panel"
            titleIcon="{DeleteIcon}"
            title="WARNING"
            status="I'm a custom status message!"
            width="80%">
        <mx:Text text="{lorem}" width="100%" />
    </mx:Panel>

</mx:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.

If you want to customize the appearance of the status message in the Panel, you can set the statusStyleName style, as seen in the following example:

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/31/setting-custom-status-messages-in-a-flex-panel-container/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        .myStatusStyle {
            fontWeight: bold;
            color: red;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:String id="lorem">
        <![CDATA[Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. In malesuada sapien eu ipsum. Integer id diam in sapien lobortis pulvinar. Donec mauris augue, sodales vel, luctus elementum, convallis eget, sapien. Suspendisse pretium elementum erat. Ut posuere ornare sem. Nam vestibulum luctus mi. Praesent feugiat blandit ante. Fusce vel massa. Praesent diam. Maecenas risus. Aliquam erat volutpat. Vivamus eget velit vel turpis venenatis dictum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nullam mattis nibh. Quisque nec odio.]]>
    </mx:String>

    <mx:Panel id="panel"
            title="WARNING"
            status="I'm a custom status message!"
            statusStyleName="myStatusStyle"
            width="320">
        <mx:Text text="{lorem}" width="100%" />
    </mx:Panel>

</mx:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.