Creating a non-editable Spark NumericStepper control in Flex 4

By On March 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The following example show how you can create a non-editable Spark NumericStepper control in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean editable property on the NumericStepper control’s textDisplay skin part. The user can still change the NumericStepper control’s current value using the Stepper control, but they can no longer type into the NumericStepper control’s internal TextInput [...]

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Wrapping values on a Spark NumericStepper control in Flex 4

By On March 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment

In a previous example, “Wrapping values on a Spark Spinner control in Flex 4″, we saw how you could wrap values in a Spark Spinner control in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean allowValueWrap property.

The following example shows how you can wrap values in a Spark NUmericStepper control in Flex 4 by setting [...]

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Preventing the user from clicking the track on a Spark HSlider control in Flex 4

By On March 31, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can toggle whether a user is allowed to click on a Spark HSlider control’s track in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean mouseEnabled property on the HSlider controls track skin part.

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Removing the selected highlight from the Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4

By On March 31, 2010 · 6 Comments

The following example shows how you can remove the selected highlight from the Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4 by creating a custom ButtonBar and ButtonBarButton skin class.

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Hiding the text field on an MX DateField control in Flex 3

By On March 28, 2010 · 4 Comments

The following example shows how you can hide the text input field on the MX DateField control in Flex 3 by setting the Boolean visible and includeInLayout properties on the internal text field (using the getTextField() method in the mx_internal namespace).

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Using a bitmap image skin in a Spark Button control in Flex 4

By On March 24, 2010 · 16 Comments

The following example shows how you can use a series state-aware of bitmap images in a Spark Button control in Flex 4 by creating a custom skin and setting the BitmapImage source property to different images in the various button states.

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Creating a simple image map in Flex 4

By On March 22, 2010 · 8 Comments

The following example shows how you can create a simple image map in Flex 4 using a Group container with nested Graphic tags and then drawing hit area shapes using the Rect, Ellipse, or Path classes.

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Setting the border color on a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4

By On March 20, 2010 · 1 Comment

In a previous example, “Setting the border alpha on a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4″, we saw how you could set the border alpha on a Spark DropDownList control’s popup menu in Flex 4 by setting the borderAlpha style.

The following example shows how you can set the border color on a Spark [...]

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Setting the border alpha on a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4

By On March 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set the border alpha on a Spark DropDownList control’s popup menu in Flex 4 by setting the borderAlpha style.

 

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Selecting entire weeks in an MX DateChooser control in Flex 3

By On March 19, 2010 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can make the MX DateChooser control select entire dates in the calendar by listening for the change event and then setting the selectedRanges property.

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Setting the thumb color based on the current value of a Spark HSlider control in Flex 4

By On March 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set the thumb color on a Spark HSlider control in Flex 4 by listening for the change and valueCommit events and setting the chromeColor style on the thumb skin part.

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Skinning the track on a Spark HSlider control in Flex 4

By On March 19, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can reskin the track on a Spark HSlider control in Flex 4 by creating a custom HSlider skin and specifying the track skin part’s skinClass style.

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