Flex Examples

The following example shows how you can customize the icon color on the next/previous month/year buttons in a Flex DateField control by setting the iconColor style.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/12/16/changing-the-icon-color-on-a-datefield-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="top"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="iconColor:">
                <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:DateField id="dateField"
            iconColor="{colorPicker.selectedColor}"
            yearNavigationEnabled="true" />

</mx:Application>

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