Applying styles to different states on a Spark Button control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On August 10, 2009 · 2 Comments

The following example shows you how you can use the advanced CSS features in Flex 4 to apply different state-specific styles to a Spark Button control using CSS.

For more information on using advanced CSS, see the “CSS Advanced Selectors” specification on the Adobe Flex Open Source site.

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Setting the chrome color on an MX Accordion container in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On August 9, 2009 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can set the chrome color on an MX Accordion container in Flex 4 by setting the chromeColor style.

 

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Setting alternating item colors on a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On August 8, 2009 · 4 Comments

The following example shows how you can set alternating item colors on a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4 by setting the alternatingItemColors style.

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Programmatically opening a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On August 7, 2009 · 2 Comments

In a previous example, “Determining if a drop down menu is open in a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4″, we saw how we could check whether a drop down list menu is open in a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4 by checking the Boolean isDropDownOpen property.

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Determining if a drop down menu is open in a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On August 6, 2009 · 8 Comments

The following example shows how you can check whether a drop down list menu is open in a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4 by checking the Boolean isDropDownOpen property.

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Changing the opening and closing easing functions on a Halo ComboBox control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On August 5, 2009 · 8 Comments

In a previous example, “Changing the Flex ComboBox control’s opening and closing easing functions”, we saw how you could control how the open/close duration and easing functions on the drop down list in a Halo ComboBox control by setting the openDuration, openEasingFunction, closeDuration, and closeEasingFunction styles.

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

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Inserting and appending text into a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On August 4, 2009 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can insert and append text into a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4 by using the insertText() and appendText() methods.

appendText() — Appends the specified text to the end of the RichEditableText, as if you had clicked at the end and typed it. When RichEditableText supports vertical scrolling, [...]

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Auto-scrolling a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On August 3, 2009 · 6 Comments

In a previous example, “Auto-scrolling a TextArea control in Flex”, we saw how you could auto-scroll a Flex Halo TextArea control when new content is added by setting the verticalScrollPosition property to the value of the maxVerticalScrollPosition property.

The following example shows how you can auto-scroll a Flex 4 Spark TextArea control using the [...]

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Accessing specific buttons in a Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On August 2, 2009 · 7 Comments

In a suspiciously similar previous example, “Disabling specific buttons in a Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4″, we saw how you could disable specific buttons in a Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4 by using a custom skin and setting the skinClass style.

The following example shows you how you can modify specific buttons [...]

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Disabling specific buttons in a Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On August 1, 2009 · 6 Comments

The following example shows how you can disable specific buttons in a Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4 by using a custom skin and setting the skinClass style.

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