I needed a required indicator placed directly after the label like John McPeek.

So I decided to extend FormItem, here´s the code:

package custom
{
import mx.containers.FormItem;
import mx.controls.Label;
import mx.controls.Text;
import mx.events.FlexEvent;

public class FormItemReqLabel extends FormItem
{

private static var REQ_INDICATOR : String = “*”;
private static var REQ_COLOR : String = “#ffec19″;

// recognized values: left, right
private static var REQ_ALIGN : String = “right”;

public function FormItemReqLabel()
{
super();

addEventListener(FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE, init);
}

private function init(e : FlexEvent) : void {

if ( REQ_ALIGN == “left” ) {
Label (itemLabel).htmlText = ” +REQ_INDICATOR +”+ label;
} else {
Label (itemLabel).htmlText = label + ” +REQ_INDICATOR +”;
}

}

}
}

You can use it just like FormItem. I gugled alot to find a solution for this, but i couldnt find anything. It would be nicer to use the original required option, but i couldnt figure out how. Any improvements are welcome.

I tried a quick test but wasn’t able to get the indicator skin to change at runtime.
I’ve filed a bug at http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14925. Feel free to sign up for the bug base if you haven’t already and subscribe to the bug.

Thanks,
Peter