Adding scroll bars to an Spark Application container in Flex 4

By On November 3, 2010 · 11 Comments

The following example shows how you can add scroll bars to a Spark Application container in Flex 4 by creating a custom skin, adding a Spark Scroller container around the contentGroup skin part, and setting the skinClass style on the Application tag.

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Clearing a style on the Spark Button control in Flex 4

By On October 27, 2010 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can clear a style on the Spark Button control in Flex 4 by using the clearStyle() method.

 

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Setting multiple style names on a Spark Button control in Flex 4

By On October 27, 2010 · 5 Comments

The following example shows how you can define multiple style names on a Spark Button control in Flex 4 by setting the styleName property to a space separated list of CSS style names.

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Setting a rich text label on a Spark Button control in Flex 4

By On October 22, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can set a rich, multi-format text label on a Spark Button control by subclassing the Spark Button control and creating a custom Button skin which uses a RichText label display skin part.

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Creating complex data provider objects in MXML using Flex 4

By On October 20, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can create a complex MX DataGrid data provider with nested objects in MXML using the <fx:Object> tag.

 

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Creating a custom skin on the Spark TabBar control in Flex 4

By On October 10, 2010 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can create a custom RadioButton based skin on the Spark TabBar control in Flex 4 by setting the skinClass style.

 

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Displaying an FXG file in a Spark BitmapImage control in Flex 4

By On October 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can display an FXG file in a Spark BitmapImage control in Flex 4 by setting the source property using data binding or MXML.

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Setting the tab width on a Spark TabBar control in Flex 4

By On September 29, 2010 · 4 Comments

In a previous example, “Setting the tab width on a TabBar control in Flex”, we saw how you could set the tab width on an MX TabBar control in Flex by setting the aptly named tabWidth style.

The following example shows how you can set the tab width on a Spark TabBar control in [...]

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Removing the selected highlight from the Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4 (redux)

By On September 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

In a previous example, “Removing the selected highlight from the Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4″, we saw how you can remove the selected highlight from the Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4 by creating a custom ButtonBar and ButtonBarButton skin class.

The following example shows how you can remove the selected highlight from [...]

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Styling the text selection format on a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4

By On September 5, 2010 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can style the text selection format on a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4 by setting the focusedSelectionFormat property on the TextFlow’s interactionManager to a new SelectionFormat object.

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Creating blinking text on a Spark RichText control in Flex 4

By On August 13, 2010 · 7 Comments

The following example shows how you can create a blinking text effect on a Spark RichText control in Flex 4 using a simple property animation with the Animate and SimpleMotionPath classes to tween the alpha property.

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Setting the header height on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4

By On July 25, 2010 · 7 Comments

The following example shows how you can set the header height on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4 by setting the height property on the Panel container’s titleDisplay skin part.

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