The following example shows how you can create a non-editable Spark NumericStepper control in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean editable property on the NumericStepper control’s internal TextInput control.

The following example(s) require Flash Player 10 and the Adobe Flex 4 SDK. To download the Adobe Flash Builder 4 trial, see http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/. To download the latest nightly build of the Flex 4 SDK, see http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+4.
For more information on getting started with Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4, see the official Adobe Flex Team blog.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/06/12/creating-a-non-editable-spark-numericstepper-control-in-flex-4/ -->
<s:Application name="Spark_NumericStepper_textInput_editable_test"
        xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
        xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
 
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            private function init():void {
                numericStepper.textDisplay.editable = false;
            }
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
 
    <s:NumericStepper id="numericStepper"
            minimum="0" maximum="100"
            horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"
            initialize="init();" />
 
</s:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.

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

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/06/12/creating-a-non-editable-spark-numericstepper-control-in-flex-4/ -->
<s:Application name="Spark_NumericStepper_textInput_editable_test"
        xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
        xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
        initialize="init();">
 
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.events.FlexEvent;
            import spark.components.NumericStepper;
 
            private var numericStepper:NumericStepper;
 
            private function init():void {
                numericStepper = new NumericStepper();
                numericStepper.minimum = 0;
                numericStepper.maximum = 100;
                numericStepper.horizontalCenter = 0;
                numericStepper.verticalCenter = 0;
                numericStepper.addEventListener(FlexEvent.INITIALIZE, numericStepper_initialize);
                addElement(numericStepper);
            }
 
            private function numericStepper_initialize(evt:FlexEvent):void {
                numericStepper.textDisplay.editable = false;
            }
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
 
</s:Application>

You can also set the editable property in the NumericStepper control’s internal TextInput control by creating a custom Spark NumericStepper skin and setting the skinClass style, as seen in the following example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/06/12/creating-a-non-editable-spark-numericstepper-control-in-flex-4/ -->
<s:Application name="Spark_NumericStepper_textInput_editable_test"
        xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
        xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
 
    <s:NumericStepper id="numericStepper"
            minimum="0" maximum="100"
            skinClass="skins.CustomNumericStepperSkin"
            horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0" />
 
</s:Application>

And the Spark NumericStepper skin class, skins/CustomNumericStepperSkin.mxml, is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/06/12/creating-a-non-editable-spark-numericstepper-control-in-flex-4/ -->
<s:SparkSkin name="CustomNumericStepperSkin"
        xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
        xmlns:fb="http://ns.adobe.com/flashbuilder/2009"
        minHeight="23" minWidth="40"
        alpha.disabled="0.5">
    <s:states>
        <s:State name="normal" />
        <s:State name="disabled" />
    </s:states>
 
    <fx:Metadata>
        [HostComponent("spark.components.NumericStepper")]
    </fx:Metadata>
 
    <fx:Script fb:purpose="styling">
        <![CDATA[
            /* Define the skin elements that should not be colorized.
            For numeric stepper, the skin itself is colorized but the individual parts are not. */
            static private const exclusions:Array = ["textDisplay", "decrementButton", "incrementButton"];
 
            override public function get colorizeExclusions():Array {
                return exclusions;
            }
 
            override protected function initializationComplete():void {
                useChromeColor = true;
                super.initializationComplete();
            }
 
            private var cornerRadiusChanged:Boolean;
            private var borderStylesChanged:Boolean;
 
            override protected function commitProperties():void {
                super.commitProperties();
 
                if (cornerRadiusChanged) {
                    var cr:Number = getStyle("cornerRadius");
                    if (incrementButton) {
                        incrementButton.setStyle("cornerRadius", cr);
                    }
                    if (decrementButton) {
                        decrementButton.setStyle("cornerRadius", cr);
                    }
                    cornerRadiusChanged = false;
                }
 
                if (borderStylesChanged) {
                    textDisplay.setStyle("borderAlpha", getStyle("borderAlpha"));
                    textDisplay.setStyle("borderColor", getStyle("borderColor"));
                    textDisplay.setStyle("borderVisible", getStyle("borderVisible"));
                    borderStylesChanged = false;
                }
            }
 
            override public function styleChanged(styleProp:String):void {
                var allStyles:Boolean = !styleProp || styleProp == "styleName";
 
                super.styleChanged(styleProp);
 
                if (allStyles || styleProp == "cornerRadius") {
                    cornerRadiusChanged = true;
                    invalidateProperties();
                }
 
                if (allStyles || styleProp.indexOf("border") == 0) {
                    borderStylesChanged = true;
                    invalidateProperties();
                }
            }
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
 
    <!--- The default class is NumericStepperIncrementButtonSkin. -->
    <s:Button id="incrementButton"
            right="0" top="0" height="50%"
            skinClass="spark.skins.spark.NumericStepperIncrementButtonSkin" />
 
    <!--- The default class is NumericStepperDecrementButtonSkin. -->
    <s:Button id="decrementButton"
            right="0" bottom="0" height="50%"
            skinClass="spark.skins.spark.NumericStepperDecrementButtonSkin" />
 
    <!--- The default class is NumericStepperTextInputSkin. -->
    <s:TextInput id="textDisplay"
            editable="false"
            left="0" top="0" right="18" bottom="0"
            skinClass="spark.skins.spark.NumericStepperTextInputSkin" />
 
</s:SparkSkin>

Or, you can extend the default Spark NumericStepperSkin using ActionScript, as seen in the following example:

/** http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/06/12/creating-a-non-editable-spark-numericstepper-control-in-flex-4/ */
package skins {
    import spark.skins.spark.NumericStepperSkin;
 
    public class CustomNumericStepperSkinAS extends NumericStepperSkin {
        public function CustomNumericStepperSkinAS() {
            super();
            textDisplay.editable = false;
        }
    }
}

This entry is based on a beta version of the Flex 4 SDK and therefore is very likely to change as development of the Flex SDK continues. The API can (and will) change causing examples to possibly not compile in newer versions of the Flex 4 SDK.

 
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Peter deHaan

Peter deHaan currently works for Adobe on the Flex SDK QA team. While not working on Flex, Flash, and ColdFusion applications, Peter enjoys making up bios and writing in 3rd person. Peter's rarely updated blog can be found at blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/, actionscriptexamples.com, airexamples.com, and coldfusionexamples.com.

3 Responses to Creating a non-editable Spark NumericStepper control in Flex 4

  1. seems that textInput is now called textDisplay in my version of Flash Builder

  2. Turadg says:

    Note that the downloadable code examples still refer to textInput instead of the more current textDisplay.

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