Adding a title icon to a Panel container in Flex

The following example shows how you can add an icon to a Flex Panel container’s title bar by setting the titleIcon property.

Full code after the jump.

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/10/18/adding-a-title-icon-to-a-panel-container-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application name="Panel_titleIcon_test"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:String id="lorem" source="lorem.txt" />

    <mx:Panel id="panel"
            title="Panel title"
            titleIcon="@Embed('assets/Panel.png')">
        <mx:Text id="txt"
                text="{lorem}"
                width="500"
                textAlign="justify"
                selectable="false" />
    </mx:Panel>

</mx:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.

Due to popular demand, here is the “same” example in a more ActionScript friendly format:

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/10/18/adding-a-title-icon-to-a-panel-container-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application name="Panel_titleIcon_test"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white"
        initialize="init();">

    <mx:String id="lorem" source="lorem.txt" />

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Text;
            import mx.containers.Panel;

            [Embed("assets/Panel.png")]
            private const PanelTitleIcon:Class;

            private var panel:Panel;

            private function init():void {
                var txt:Text = new Text();
                txt.text = lorem;
                txt.selectable = false;
                txt.width = 500;
                txt.setStyle("textAlign", "justify");

                panel = new Panel();
                panel.title = "Panel title";
                panel.titleIcon = PanelTitleIcon;
                panel.addChild(txt);
                addChild(panel);
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

</mx:Application>