The following example shows how you can remove the default gradient background image for a Flex application by setting the backgroundImage style.
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The following example shows how you can determine if a Flex application has focus or not by listening for the activate and deactivate events on the <mx:Application /> container.
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The following example shows how you can detect when the mouse leaves the bounds of a Flex application by listening for the stage object’s mouseLeave event.
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I’ve seen this come up a few times in various lists, and figured maybe somebody out there may find this useful.
The following example shows how you can prevent user input in a Flex application by setting the enabled property to false in the <mx:Application /> tag, or by setting the Application.application.enabled property.
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The following example shows how you can use the styleName style in a Flex Application to remove the background image, set the background color to white and left aligns the content.
To quote the Flex 2.0.1 documentation, “Overriding the default Application container styles“:
The Flex default style sheet defines a plain style name that sets all padding to 0 pixels, removes the default background image, sets the background color to white, and left-aligns the children.
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