Flex Examples » shadowDistance http://blog.flexexamples.com Just a bunch of Adobe Flex Examples Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:09:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Creating drop shadows on the Flex TextArea control http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/23/creating-drop-shadows-on-the-flex-textarea-control/ http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/23/creating-drop-shadows-on-the-flex-textarea-control/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:46:04 +0000 Peter deHaan http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/23/creating-drop-shadows-on-the-flex-textarea-control/ The following example shows how you can control the drop shadow on a Flex TextArea control using the dropShadowColor, shadowDirection, and shadowDistance styles.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/23/creating-drop-shadows-on-the-flex-textarea-control/ --> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" verticalAlign="middle" backgroundColor="white"> <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true"> <mx:Form> <mx:FormItem label="dropShadowEnabled:"> <mx:CheckBox id="checkBox" selected="true" /> </mx:FormItem> <mx:FormItem [...]]]> The following example shows how you can control the drop shadow on a Flex TextArea control using the dropShadowColor, shadowDirection, and shadowDistance styles.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/23/creating-drop-shadows-on-the-flex-textarea-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form>
            <mx:FormItem label="dropShadowEnabled:">
                <mx:CheckBox id="checkBox" selected="true" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="dropShadowColor:">
                <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="shadowDirection:">
                <mx:ComboBox id="comboBox" selectedIndex="1">
                    <mx:dataProvider>
                        <mx:Array>
                            <mx:Object label="left" />
                            <mx:Object label="center" />
                            <mx:Object label="right" />
                        </mx:Array>
                    </mx:dataProvider>
                </mx:ComboBox>
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="shadowDistance:">
                <mx:HSlider id="slider"
                        minimum="-10"
                        maximum="10"
                        value="0"
                        labels="[-10,-5,0,5,10]"
                        liveDragging="true"
                        snapInterval="1"
                        tickInterval="2" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:TextArea id="textArea"
            dropShadowEnabled="{checkBox.selected}"
            dropShadowColor="{colorPicker.selectedColor}"
            shadowDistance="{slider.value}"
            shadowDirection="{comboBox.selectedItem.label}"
            width="320"
            height="120" />

</mx:Application>

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]]> http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/23/creating-drop-shadows-on-the-flex-textarea-control/feed/ 0 Creating drop shadows on the Flex TextInput control http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/30/creating-drop-shadows-on-the-flex-textinput-control/ http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/30/creating-drop-shadows-on-the-flex-textinput-control/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:48:00 +0000 Peter deHaan http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/30/creating-drop-shadows-on-the-flex-textinput-control/ The following example shows how you can easily create a drop shadow effect on a TextInput control using the dropShadowEnabled style (instead of creating a DropShadowFilter), as well as control the drop shadow effect’s color, direction, and distance (using the dropShadowColor, shadowDirection, and shadowDistance styles, respectively).

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View [...]]]> The following example shows how you can easily create a drop shadow effect on a TextInput control using the dropShadowEnabled style (instead of creating a DropShadowFilter), as well as control the drop shadow effect’s color, direction, and distance (using the dropShadowColor, shadowDirection, and shadowDistance styles, respectively).

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/30/creating-drop-shadows-on-the-flex-textinput-control/ -->
<mx:Application name="TextInput_dropShadowEnabled_test"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">
 
    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Grid>
            <mx:GridRow>
                <!-- dropShadowEnabled -->
                <mx:GridItem>
                    <mx:CheckBox id="checkBox"
                            label="dropShadowEnabled:"
                            selected="true"
                            labelPlacement="left" />
                </mx:GridItem>
 
                <!-- dropShadowColor -->
                <mx:GridItem>
                    <mx:Label text="dropShadowColor:" />
                    <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker" />
                </mx:GridItem>
            </mx:GridRow>
 
            <mx:GridRow>
                <!-- shadowDirection -->
                <mx:GridItem>
                    <mx:Label text="shadowDirection:" />
                    <mx:ComboBox id="comboBox" selectedIndex="1">
                        <mx:dataProvider>
                            <mx:String>left</mx:String>
                            <mx:String>center</mx:String>
                            <mx:String>right</mx:String>
                        </mx:dataProvider>
                    </mx:ComboBox>
                </mx:GridItem>
 
                <!-- shadowDistance -->
                <mx:GridItem>
                    <mx:Label text="shadowDistance:" />
                    <mx:HSlider id="slider"
                            minimum="-10"
                            maximum="10"
                            value="2"
                            liveDragging="true"
                            snapInterval="1"
                            tickInterval="1"
                            dataTipPrecision="0" />
                </mx:GridItem>
            </mx:GridRow>
        </mx:Grid>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>
 
    <mx:TextInput id="textInput"
            dropShadowEnabled="{checkBox.selected}"
            dropShadowColor="{colorPicker.selectedColor}"
            shadowDirection="{comboBox.selectedItem}"
            shadowDistance="{slider.value}" />
 
</mx:Application>

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