Archive for August 6th, 2008

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Aug

Toggling whether a user can select text in a TextArea control in Flex

The following examples show how you can control whether a user can select the text in a Flex TextArea control by setting the selectable property in MXML and ActionScript.

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06
Aug

Creating a simple image gallery with the Flex HorizontalList control (redux)

In a previous example, “Creating a simple image gallery with the Flex HorizontalList control”, we saw how to create a simple image gallery using the HorizontalList control and Image control in Flex.

The following example shows how you can change the full image whenever you roll your mouse cursor over the items in the HorizontalList control, as well as how you can double click an item in the Horizontal List control to display the image using the PopUpManager class.

Full code after the jump.

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