Changing the label placement on an MX ButtonBar control in Flex (redux)

By On November 9, 2010 · 1 Comment

In a previous example, “Changing the label placement for a Flex ButtonBar control”, we saw how you could change the button’s label placement relative to its icon in a ButtonBar control in Flex by using the getChildAt() method and labelPlacement property.

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Setting an image background on a Halo ButtonBar control in Flex 4

By On July 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set an image background on a Halo ButtonBar control (with default Spark skin) in Flex 4 by setting the buttonStyleName, firstButtonStyleName, lastButtonStyleName, and skin styles.

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Styling the last button in a ButtonBar control in Flex

By On January 28, 2009 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can style the last button in a Flex ButtonBar control by setting the lastButtonStyleName style.

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Setting the button height on a ButtonBar control in Flex

By On September 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set the button height on a Flex ButtonBar control by setting the buttonHeight style.

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Setting a custom tool tip field on a ButtonBar control in Flex

By On April 27, 2008 · 4 Comments

The following example shows how you can specify a custom field to be used for a tool tip in a Flex ButtonBar control by setting the toolTipField property.

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Setting the data provider of a Flex ButtonBar control to a ViewStack container

By On January 11, 2008 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can set the data provider of a ButtonBar control in Flex to a ViewStack container.

Full code after the jump.

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Disabling individual buttons on a Flex ButtonBar control

By On January 10, 2008 · 22 Comments

The following example shows how you can disable individual buttons on a ButtonBar control in Flex by using the getChildAt() method and enabled property on the returned button instance.

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Setting skins on the the Flex ButtonBar control

By On January 10, 2008 · 10 Comments

The following example shows how you can skin the ButtonBar control in Flex by setting the buttonStyleName style and setting one or more of the following skin styles: skin, upSkin, overSkin, downSkin, disabledSkin.

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Creating a custom label function on a Flex ButtonBar control

By On January 9, 2008 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can use a custom label function to create button labels on a ButtonBar control in Flex by setting the labelFunction property.

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Determining which button was pressed in a Flex ButtonBar component

By On January 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can determine which button was pressed in a ButtonBar control in Flex by listening for the itemClick event. You can then use the item, index, or label attribute in the ItemClickEvent object to find out which button was clicked.

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Setting horizontal and vertical gaps between buttons in a Flex ButtonBar control

By On January 8, 2008 · 7 Comments

The following example shows how you can control the horizontal and vertical gaps between buttons in a ButtonBar control in Flex by setting the verticalGap and horizontalGap styles.

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Changing the label placement for a Flex ButtonBar control

By On January 8, 2008 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can change the button’s label placement relative to its icon in a ButtonBar control in Flex by using the getChildAt() method and labelPlacement property.

Full code after the jump.

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