The following example shows how you can remove the default drop shadow from a Flex PieChart control by setting the filters property to an empty array in the PieSeries tag, as seen in the following snippet:
<mx:PieChart id="pieChart" dataProvider="{dp.product}" height="250" width="100%"> <mx:series> <mx:PieSeries id="pieSeries" field="@data" filters="[]" /> </mx:series> </mx:PieChart>
Full code after the jump.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/11/05/removing-the-drop-shadow-from-a-flex-piechart-control/ --> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" verticalAlign="middle" backgroundColor="white" creationComplete="init();"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.controls.Button; private var defaultFilters:Array; private function init():void { defaultFilters = pieSeries.filters; } private function toggleFilters(evt:Event):void { if (Button(evt.currentTarget).selected) { pieSeries.filters = []; } else { pieSeries.filters = defaultFilters; } } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:XML id="dp"> <products> <product label="Product 1" data="3" /> <product label="Product 2" data="1" /> <product label="Product 3" data="4" /> <product label="Product 4" data="1" /> <product label="Product 5" data="5" /> <product label="Product 6" data="9" /> </products> </mx:XML> <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true"> <mx:Button label="Toggle filters" toggle="true" change="toggleFilters(event);" /> </mx:ApplicationControlBar> <mx:PieChart id="pieChart" dataProvider="{dp.product}" height="250" width="100%"> <mx:series> <mx:PieSeries id="pieSeries" field="@data" /> </mx:series> </mx:PieChart> </mx:Application>
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Many thanks for this. It brought me back to the Adobe pie chart!
But, there“s one problem left: if you use multiple series in one chart, there is a gap (for the shadow?) left between the radii. Any idea?
Kind regards
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Arne
Arne,
Can you please file a bug at http://bugs.adobe.com/flex/ and include some sample code and somebody will take a look.
Peter
Hi Peter,
I am facing the same issue, but could not find the bug filed for this. Could you please help?
Br, Ashish
Ashish,
I’m not really familiar with the Flex Charting components. Can you please file a bug at http://bugs.adobe.com/flex/ and include some sample code and somebody will take a look.
Thanks,
Peter
Thanks, works great with Flex 3.