In a previous example, “Setting a custom divider color on the DividedBox container in Flex”, we saw how you could set a custom divider color on a Flex DividedBox container (HDividedBox or VDividedBox) by setting the dividerColor style.
The following example shows how you can set a custom divider alpha on a Flex DividedBox container (HDividedBox or VDividedBox) by setting the dividerAlpha style.
Full code after the jump.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/10/14/setting-a-custom-divider-alpha-on-the-dividedbox-container-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application name="HDividedBox_dividerAlpha_test"
xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="vertical"
verticalAlign="middle"
backgroundColor="white">
<mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
<mx:Form styleName="plain">
<mx:FormItem label="dividerAlpha:"
direction="horizontal">
<mx:HSlider id="slider"
minimum="0.0"
maximum="1.0"
value="0.75"
snapInterval="0.05"
tickInterval="0.1"
liveDragging="true" />
<mx:Label text="{Math.round(slider.value * 100)}%" />
</mx:FormItem>
</mx:Form>
</mx:ApplicationControlBar>
<mx:HDividedBox id="dividedBox"
dividerAlpha="{slider.value}"
width="100%"
height="100%">
<mx:Box id="box1"
backgroundColor="haloGreen"
width="100%"
height="100%"
minWidth="100" />
<mx:Box id="box2"
backgroundColor="haloBlue"
width="100%"
height="100%"
minWidth="100" />
</mx:HDividedBox>
</mx:Application>
