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.

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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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Adding a hover glow filter to an MX Image control in Flex 4

By On June 25, 2010 · 7 Comments

The following example shows how you can apply a hover glow filter to an MX Image control in Flex 4 by using the rollOver and rollOut events to set the filters property on the Image control to an array with a GlowFilter instance.

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Fading an item renderer background fill on a Spark List control in Flex 4

By On June 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can fade an item renderer background fill on a Spark List control in Flex 4 by creating a custom item renderer, setting the Boolean autoDrawBackground property to false, drawing your own background fill, and then setting a fade transition from the normal and hovered states.

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Toggling the drop shadow on the Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4

By On June 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can toggle the drop shadow on the Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean dropShadowVisible style.

 

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Styling the scrub bar data tip on a Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4

By On June 17, 2010 · 5 Comments

The following example shows how you can customize the appearance of the data tip on the Spark VideoPlayer control’s scrub bar when scrubbing the playhead by creating a custom VideoPlayer skin and specifying a custom ScrubBar skin.

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Creating a radio button item renderer on a Spark List control in Flex 4

By On May 20, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can use a Spark RadioButton control as an item renderer for a Spark List control in Flex 4 by setting the itemRenderer property.

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Changing the background color of a disabled Spark TextArea control in Flex 4

By On May 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment

In a previous example, “Changing the background color of a disabled TextArea control in Flex”, we saw how you can change the background color of a disabled MX TextArea control by setting the use the backgroundDisabledColor style.

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Detecting the current state on a Spark List control item renderer in Flex 4

By On May 15, 2010 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can detect the current state on a Spark List control item renderer in Flex 4 by using the currentState property.

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Detecting an item click event on a Spark List control in Flex 4

By On May 14, 2010 · 11 Comments

The following example shows how you can dispatch an itemClick event on a Spark List control in Flex 4 by creating a custom item renderer which listens for the click event and redispatches an itemClick event object.

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