Flex Examples

The following example shows how you can rotate an image around an arbitrary X and Y origin using the <mx:Rotate /> tag in Flex.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/12/10/rotating-images-using-the-rotate-class/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Rotate id="rotate"
            target="{img}"
            angleFrom="0"
            angleTo="360"
            duration="1000"
            originX="{imgOriginX.value}"
            originY="{imgOriginY.value}" />

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="originX:">
                <mx:NumericStepper id="imgOriginX"
                        minimum="0"
                        maximum="{img.width}"
                        value="0" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="originY:">
                <mx:NumericStepper id="imgOriginY"
                        minimum="0"
                        maximum="{img.height}"
                        value="0" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem>
                <mx:Button label="Rotate"
                        click="rotate.play();" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:Image id="img" source="@Embed('flex_logo.jpg')" />

</mx:Application>

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