Changing the background color of a disabled Flex TextInput control

by Peter deHaan on October 10, 2007

The following example shows how you can use the backgroundDisabledColor style to customize the overlay color on a Flex TextInput control when the control’s enabled property is set to false.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/10/10/changing-the-background-color-of-a-disabled-flex-textinput-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Label text="backgroundDisabledColor:" />
        <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker"
                selectedColor="white" />

        <mx:CheckBox id="checkBox"
                label="enabled:"
                labelPlacement="left" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:TextInput text="The quick brown fox"
            backgroundDisabledColor="{colorPicker.selectedColor}"
            enabled="{checkBox.selected}" />

</mx:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.

Tagged as: backgroundDisabledColor, enabled

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1 coco October 11, 2007 at 9:28 pm: peter,
Now i have a question:when i save my project,it will take me more time to finish it!at first time,it takes several seconds ,now it takes about 1 min! why does this status happen?how to solve this problem?
coco

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2 peterd October 12, 2007 at 8:00 am: coco,

Try cleaning your project in Flex Builder using the Project > Clean menu command, and see if that helps.
Also, are you using Flex Builder 2 or Flex Builder 3 Beta (and if FB3, are you using Beta 1 or Beta 2?)

Peter

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3 coco October 14, 2007 at 6:10 pm: peter,

It’s usefull!Thanks!I am now using FB2!
coco

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4 Reiner October 9, 2009 at 9:37 am: //Declare a variable
[Bindable]
public var myborderColor: ColorPicker = new ColorPicker();

//
private function init():void
{
myborderColor:.selectedColor = Color.WHITE ;

… …. in other function change the color
myborderColor:.selectedColor = Color.RED ;

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5 Reiner October 9, 2009 at 9:39 am: //Declare a variable
[Bindable]
public var myborderColor: ColorPicker = new ColorPicker();

private function init():void
{
myborderColor:.selectedColor = Color.WHITE ;

… …. in other function change the color
myborderColor:.selectedColor = Color.RED ;

… mx:TextInput id=”myText” backgroundColor=”{numcasoborderColor.selectedColor}” …

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