Setting the content background color on a Spark NumericStepper control in Flex Gumbo

By On March 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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

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Setting the base color on a Spark CheckBox control in Flex 4

By On March 30, 2009 · 1 Comment

In a previous example, “Setting the icon color on a Spark CheckBox control in Flex 4″, we saw how you can set the icon (check mark) color on a Spark CheckBox control in Flex 4 by setting the symbolColor style.

The following example shows how you can set the base (background) color on a [...]

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Removing the drop shadow from the Spark Panel container in Flex 4

By On March 29, 2009 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can remove the default drop shadow from the Spark Panel container in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean dropShadowVisible style, or creating a custom skin class and setting the skinClass style.

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Creating a repeating background fill on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4

By On March 28, 2009 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can create a repeating tiled background fill on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4 by creating a custom skin, setting a BitmapFill on the background Rect and then set the skinClass style.

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Setting the content background color of a Spark Panel container in Flex 4

By On March 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set the content background color on a Spark Panel container’s children in Flex 4 by setting the contentBackgroundColor style.

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Creating a tile layout Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4

By On March 26, 2009 · 1 Comment

In a previous example, “Creating a vertical Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4″, we saw how you can create a vertical Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4 by setting the layout property to a VerticalLayout object.

The following example shows how you can create a tile layout on the Spark ButtonBar control in Flex [...]

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Setting the layout direction on a tile layout Spark List control in Flex 4

By On March 25, 2009 · 4 Comments

The following example shows how you can set the tile layout direction on a Flex 4 Spark List control by setting the orientation property on the TileLayout layout to one of the static constants in the spark.layouts.TileOrientation class.

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Creating a tile list using the Spark List control in Flex 4

By On March 24, 2009 · 11 Comments

The following example shows how you can create a simple TileList control in Flex 4 using the Spark List control and using a TileLayout layout with the default complex item renderer to display images.

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Setting a repeating background image on a Spark Application in Flex 4

By On March 23, 2009 · 5 Comments

In a previous example, “Setting a background image on an Spark Application in Flex 4″, we saw how you can add a scaled background image to a Flex 4 Spark Application by creating a custom skin with a BitmapGraphic and setting the skinClass style in MXML, CSS, or ActionScript.

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Removing the vertical separator from the ComboBox control in Flex

By On March 23, 2009 · 6 Comments

The following example shows how you can remove the vertical separator from the Flex ComboBox control by creating a custom ComboBox skin using ActionScript.

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Setting a background image on a Spark Application in Flex 4

By On March 22, 2009 · 26 Comments

The following example shows how you can add a background image to a Flex 4 Spark Application by creating a custom skin with a BitmapGraphic and setting the skinClass style in MXML, CSS, or ActionScript.

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Using the wireframe theme with Spark controls in Flex 4

By On March 21, 2009 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can compile your Flex 4 application and specify the Wireframe theme by setting the theme compiler flag to ${flexlib}/themes/Wireframe/wireframe.swc.

 

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