Setting the corner radius on a Flex PopUpButton control

by Peter deHaan on January 31, 2008

in PopUpButton

The following example shows how you can set the corner radius on the PopUpButton control in Flex by setting the cornerRadius style.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/01/31/setting-the-corner-radius-on-a-flex-popupbutton-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="top"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        PopUpButton {
            popUpStyleName: myCustomPopUpStyleName;
        }

        .myCustomPopUpStyleName {
            fontWeight: normal;
            textAlign: left;
            leftIconGap: 0;
        }
    </mx:Style>

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

            private function init():void {
                var menu:Menu = new Menu();
                menu.dataProvider = arr;
                popUpButton.popUp = menu;
            }

            private function resizePopUp():void {
                popUpButton.popUp.width = popUpButton.width;
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:Array id="arr">
        <mx:Object label="Alert" />
        <mx:Object label="Button" />
        <mx:Object label="ButtonBar" />
        <mx:Object type="separator" />
        <mx:Object label="CheckBox" />
        <mx:Object label="ColorPicker" />
        <mx:Object label="ComboBox" />
    </mx:Array>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="cornerRadius:">
                <mx:HSlider id="slider"
                        minimum="0"
                        maximum="{popUpButton.height / 2}"
                        value="0"
                        liveDragging="true"
                        snapInterval="1"
                        tickInterval="1" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:PopUpButton id="popUpButton"
            label="Please select an item..."
            cornerRadius="{slider.value}"
            arrowButtonWidth="{popUpButton.height}"
            openAlways="true"
            initialize="init();"
            creationComplete="resizePopUp();" />

</mx:Application>

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Paul Bohnenkamp January 31, 2008 at 9:08 pm

How would I do a Flex PopUpButton control with no border? Just the text and arrow and menu below.

p.s. I’m a flex newbie trying to come up to speed fast and so have a lot of flex feeds I’m reading daily. But, I have to say, yours is the best, bar none, with all these examples. Keep up the great work!

Thanks,
Paul

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2 Henk August 13, 2008 at 11:38 pm

How can you set the cornerRadius of the menu that is popped-up?

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3 peterd August 13, 2008 at 11:46 pm

Henk,

Try something like the following:

<mx:Style>
    PopUpButton {
        popUpStyleName: myCustomPopUpStyleName;
    }

    .myCustomPopUpStyleName {
        borderStyle: solid;
        dropShadowEnabled: false;
        cornerRadius: 10;
        fontWeight: normal;
        textAlign: left;
        leftIconGap: 0;
    }
</mx:Style>

It *should* work, but I’m not sure how it will handle the rounded corners when you roll your mouse over an item.

Peter

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