Setting the background alpha and background color of a DataGrid control in Flex

By Peter deHaan On March 6, 2008 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can set the background alpha and background color of a Flex DataGrid control by setting the backgroundAlpha and backgroundColor styles.

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Creating semi-transparent PopUpButton pop up menus in Flex

By Peter deHaan On January 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows you how you can create semi-transparent pop up menus using the Flex PopUpButton control by setting the backgroundAlpha, backgroundColor, and borderStyle styles on the pop up menu.

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Setting the background color and background alpha on a Flex LinkBar control

By Peter deHaan On January 21, 2008 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can change the background color and background alpha on a LinkBar control in Flex by setting the backgroundColor and backgroundAlpha styles using either MXML, ActionScript, or CSS.

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Setting the background color and background alpha on a Flex PopUpButton control’s pop up menu

By Peter deHaan On January 17, 2008 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can change the background color and alpha of a PopUpButton control’s pop up menu in Flex by setting the popUpStyleName, backgroundAlpha, and backgroundColor styles.

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Changing a VBox container’s background alpha in Flex

By Peter deHaan On January 5, 2008 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can set both an background image and background color and change its alpha to for a Flex VBox container by setting the backgroundImage, backgroundColor, and backgroundAlpha styles.

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Changing the background alpha of a HorizontalList control in Flex

By Peter deHaan On January 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can change the background fill alpha on a HorizontalList control in Flex by setting the backgroundAlpha style.

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Creating semi-transparent ComboBox dropdown menus in Flex

By Peter deHaan On January 1, 2008 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can create semi-transparent dropdown menus in the Flex ComboBox control by setting the backgroundAlpha style.

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Customizing the background alpha and background color of the Alert control in Flex

By Peter deHaan On December 23, 2007 · 8 Comments

The following example shows how you can customize the background alpha and background color of a Flex Alert control by setting the backgroundAlpha, backgroundColor, borderAlpha, and borderColor styles.

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Creating a Flex DataGrid control with a transparent background

By Peter deHaan On August 31, 2007 · 6 Comments

The following example demonstrates how you can create a Flex DataGrid control with a transparent background by setting the backgroundAlpha style to 0.0, and the alternatingItemColors style to an empty array.

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