Styling the Alert control’s nested buttons

The following example shows how you can customize the appearance of the buttons in an Alert control in Flex by setting the buttonStyleName style.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/01/03/styling-the-alert-controls-nested-buttons/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white"
        creationComplete="init();">

    <mx:Style>
        @font-face {
            src: local("Comic Sans MS");
            fontFamily: myComicSansMS;
            fontWeight: normal;
        }

        Alert {
            buttonStyleName: myCustomButtonStyleName;
        }

        .myCustomButtonStyleName {
            color: red;
            cornerRadius: 12;
            fontFamily: myComicSansMS;
            fontSize: 10;
            fontWeight: normal;
            textDecoration: underline;
            themeColor: red;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Alert;

            private var alert:Alert;

            private function init():void {
                var myMessage:String = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.\\nDonec tincidunt sollicitudin sem.";
                var myTitle:String = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog";
                alert = Alert.show(myMessage, myTitle);
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Button label="Launch alert" click="init();" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

</mx:Application>

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