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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/05/09/setting-the-data-tip-offset-in-a-slider-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            private function init():void {
                slider.value = slider.getStyle("dataTipOffset");
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:Form>
        <mx:FormItem label="dataTipOffset:" direction="horizontal">
            <mx:HSlider id="slider"
                    minimum="-10"
                    maximum="30"
                    snapInterval="1"
                    tickInterval="5"
                    liveDragging="true"
                    dataTipOffset="{slider.value}"
                    dataTipPrecision="0"
                    showTrackHighlight="true"
                    initialize="init();" />
            <mx:Label text="{slider.value}" width="30" />
        </mx:FormItem>
    </mx:Form>

</mx:Application>

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And due to popular demand, here is the “same” example, in ActionScript:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/05/09/setting-the-data-tip-offset-in-a-slider-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        xmlns:comps="comps.*"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <comps:MySlider />

</mx:Application>

comps/MySlider.as

package comps {
    import mx.containers.Form;
    import mx.containers.FormItem;
    import mx.containers.FormItemDirection;
    import mx.controls.HSlider;
    import mx.controls.Label;
    import mx.events.SliderEvent;

    public class MySlider extends Form {
        public var slider:HSlider
        public var lbl:Label;
        public var formItem:FormItem;

        public function MySlider() {
            super();
            init();
        }

        private function init():void {
            slider = new HSlider();
            slider.minimum = -10;
            slider.maximum = 30;
            slider.value = slider.getStyle("dataTipOffset");
            slider.snapInterval = 1;
            slider.tickInterval = 5;
            slider.liveDragging = true;
            slider.setStyle("dataTipPrecision", 0);
            slider.setStyle("showTrackHighlight", true);
            slider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, slider_change);

            lbl = new Label();
            lbl.width = 30;

            formItem = new FormItem();
            formItem.label = "dataTipOffset:";
            formItem.direction = FormItemDirection.HORIZONTAL;
            formItem.addChild(slider);
            formItem.addChild(lbl);
            addChild(formItem);
        }

        private function slider_change(evt:SliderEvent):void {
            slider.setStyle("dataTipOffset", evt.value);
            lbl.text = evt.value.toString();
        }
    }
}

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/11/03/customizing-a-slider-controls-data-tip/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        @font-face{
            src: local("Arial");
            fontFamily: "ArialEmbedded";
            fontWeight: bold;
        }

        HSlider {
            dataTipOffset: -22;
            dataTipStyleName: "myDataTip";
        }

        .myDataTip {
            backgroundColor: black;
            color: white;
            fontWeight: bold;
            fontFamily: ArialEmbedded;
            fontSize: 16;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:HSlider id="slider" />

</mx:Application>

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/12/styling-the-hslider-control-using-css/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        @font-face{
            src: url("./fonts/arial.ttf");
            fontFamily: "ArialEmbedded";
        }

        .MyLabel {
            fontFamily: ArialEmbedded;
            fontSize: 15;
            fontWeight: normal;
        }

        .MyDataTip {
            backgroundAlpha: 1.0;
            backgroundColor: haloBlue;
            color: white;
            cornerRadius: 10;
            fontWeight: bold;
            letterSpacing: 1;
        }

        .MySlider {
            dataTipOffset: 0;
            dataTipPrecision: 0;
            dataTipPlacement: left;
            dataTipStyleName: MyDataTip;
            showTrackHighlight: true;
            labelStyleName: MyLabel;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Array id="labelArr">
        <mx:Number>-10</mx:Number>
        <mx:Number>0</mx:Number>
        <mx:Number>10</mx:Number>
        <mx:Number>20</mx:Number>
    </mx:Array>

    <mx:HSlider id="slider"
            minimum="-10"
            maximum="20"
            labels="{labelArr}"
            snapInterval="1"
            tickInterval="10"
            styleName="MySlider" />

</mx:Application>

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