Changing the selection duration and easing function on a Flex Tree control

By Peter deHaan On November 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can change the selection duration and selection easing function on a Tree control in Flex by setting the selectionDuration and selectionEasingFunction styles.

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Displaying the default icons from a Flex Tree control

By Peter deHaan On November 26, 2007 · 3 Comments

I was looking through the Tree class today and was a little curious about what the disclosureOpenIcon and disclosureClosedIcon styles were, and ended up making the following little sample.

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Adding custom labels to a Flex ColumnChart control’s column series

By Peter deHaan On November 25, 2007 · 19 Comments

The following example shows how you can create custom labels for a ColumnChart control’s ColumnSeries in Flex, as well as creating custom label functions for a linear axis and custom data tips for the ColumnChart control.

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Changing the default column width ratio of a ColumnChart control in Flex

By Peter deHaan On November 24, 2007 · 4 Comments

The following example shows how you can customize the column width in a Flex ColumnChart control by setting the columnWidthRatio style, as seen in the following snippet:

<mx:ColumnChart id="columnChart" columnWidthRatio="0.85"> // … </mx:ColumnChart>

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Setting a ColumnChart control’s item roll over color and item selection color in Flex

By Peter deHaan On November 24, 2007 · 3 Comments

The following code shows you how you can customize the item roll over color and item selection color in a Flex ColumnChart control by setting the itemRollOverColor and itemSelectionColor styles.

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Hiding nested controls in a Flex RichTextEditor control

By Peter deHaan On November 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows you how you can toggle the RichTextEditor control’s nested link text input by setting both the visible and includeInLayout properties of the control.

Full code after the jump.

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Populating the nested font family ComboBox control in a Flex RichTextEditor control

By Peter deHaan On November 23, 2007 · 10 Comments

The following example shows you how you can edit the font family combo box in the RichTextEditor control in Flex.

 

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Adding a stroke around a ColumnSeries item in a Flex ColumnChart control

By Peter deHaan On November 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can add a stroke around chart items in a Flex ColumnChart control.

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Creating a radial gradient fill on a ColumnChart control’s column series in Flex

By Peter deHaan On November 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment

In a previous example, “Creating a linear gradient fill on a ColumnChart control’s column series in Flex”, we saw how to create a linear gradient fill for a ColumnChart in Flex. In the following example we look at how to create a radial gradient fill.

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Animating a Flex PieChart control’s rotation when a user clicks on an item

By Peter deHaan On November 22, 2007 · 11 Comments

In a previous example, “Rotating a Flex PieChart control when a user clicks on an item”, we looked at changing a PieChart’s rotation when the user clicked on a pie wedge. In the following example, we look at how to add a nice animation effect with some easing to make the effect a bit [...]

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Creating a custom scroll tip function on a Flex TextArea control

By Peter deHaan On November 21, 2007 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can create a custom scroll tip function for a TextArea control in Flex.

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Displaying scroll tips on a Flex TextArea control

By Peter deHaan On November 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can display scroll tips on a Flex TextArea control when the user drags the scroll thumb.

Full code after the jump.

 

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