Changing the next and previous month navigation icons on a DateChooser control in Flex

The following example shows how you can change the next/previous month navigation icons on a Flex DateChooser control by setting the nextMonthSkin and prevMonthSkin styles.

For an example of skinning the next/previous month icons in a Flex DateField control, see “Changing the next and previous month navigation icons on a DateField control in Flex”.

Full code after the jump.

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/10/changing-the-next-and-previous-month-navigation-icons-on-a-datechooser-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:DateChooser id="dateChooser"
            nextMonthSkin="@Embed('assets/add.png')"
            prevMonthSkin="@Embed('assets/delete.png')" />

</mx:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.

You can also set the nextMonthSkin and prevMonthSkin styles in an external .CSS file or <mx:Style /> block, using the following snippet:

<mx:Style>
    DateChooser {
        nextMonthSkin: Embed("assets/add.png");
        prevMonthSkin: Embed("assets/delete.png");
    }
</mx:Style>

<mx:DateChooser id="dateChooser" />

Or, you can set the nextMonthSkin and prevMonthSkin styles using ActionScript, as seen in the following snippet:

<mx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
        [Embed("assets/add.png")]
        private var nextIcon:Class;

        [Embed("assets/delete.png")]
        private var prevIcon:Class;

        private function init():void {
            dateChooser.setStyle("nextMonthSkin", nextIcon);
            dateChooser.setStyle("prevMonthSkin", prevIcon);
        }
    ]]>
</mx:Script>

<mx:DateChooser id="dateChooser" initialize="init();" />