Setting a content background color on a Spark TextInput control in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On February 28, 2009 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can set the content background color on a Flex Gumbo Spark TextInput control by setting the contentBackgroundColor style.

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Styling the decrement button and increment button on a Spark VScrollBar control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On February 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can use advanced CSS to style the decrement and decrement buttons on a Spark TextArea control’s vertical scroll bar in Flex 4 by styling the #decrementButton and #incrementButton selectors.

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Removing the thumb button on a Spark VScrollBar control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On February 26, 2009 · 2 Comments

In a previous example, “Removing the increment and decrement buttons on a Spark VScrollBar control in Flex 4″, we saw how you could remove the increment and decrement buttons on a Flex 4 Spark VScrollBar control by creating a custom skin and setting the skinClass style.

The following example shows how you can remove [...]

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Setting a column count and row count on a TileLayout FxList component in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On February 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set a column count and row count on a Flex Gumbo FxList contrl with a tile layout by setting the columnCount, columnWidth, rowCount, and rowHeight properties on the TileLayout object.

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Removing the increment and decrement buttons on a FxVScrollBar control in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On February 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can remove the increment and decrement buttons on a Flex Gumbo FxVScrollBar control by creating a custom skin and setting the skinClass style.

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Setting the horizontal alignment on a Spark List control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On February 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set the horizontal alignment on a Spark List control in Flex 4 with a vertical layout by setting the horizontalAlign property on the VerticalLayout object to one of the static constants in the mx.layout.HorizontalAlign class.

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Setting the requested row count on an FxList control in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On February 25, 2009 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can set the row count on a Flex Gumbo FxList control by setting the requestedRowCount property on the VerticalLayout object.

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Hiding specific items in a data provider based on the current application state in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On February 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can toggle specific strings based on the Flex Gumbo application’s current state by using the includeIn and excludeFrom attributes on the String object.

For more information see “Exploring the new states syntax in Flex Gumbo” and the “Enhanced States Syntax – Functional and Design Specification” page at [...]

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Setting the layout direction on an FxList control in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On February 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following examples show how you can set the layout direction on a Flex Gumbo FxList control by setting the layout property to a VerticalLayout object (default), HorizontalLayout object, or a TileLayout object.

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Setting the content background color on the Spark List control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On February 23, 2009 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can set the content background color on the Spark List control in Flex 4 by setting the contentBackgroundColor style.

 

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Determining if an item index is selected in an FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On February 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

In a previous example, “Determining if an item is selected in an FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo”, we saw how you could determine if a specific item is selected in a Flex Gumbo FxButtonBar control by using the isItemSelected() method.

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