Adding scroll bars to an Spark Application container in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On November 3, 2010 · 10 Comments

The following example shows how you can add scroll bars to a Spark Application container in Flex 4 by creating a custom skin, adding a Spark Scroller container around the contentGroup skin part, and setting the skinClass style on the Application tag.

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Setting a custom broken image icon for the Spark Image control in Flex Hero

By Peter deHaan On October 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment

In a previous example, “Setting a custom broken image skin for the Image control in Flex”, we saw how you could set a custom broken image skin for the Flex Image control by setting the brokenImageSkin style.

The following example shows how you can set a custom broken image skin for the Spark Image [...]

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Setting a rich text label on a Spark Button control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On October 22, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can set a rich, multi-format text label on a Spark Button control by subclassing the Spark Button control and creating a custom Button skin which uses a RichText label display skin part.

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Creating a custom skin on the Spark TabBar control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On October 10, 2010 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can create a custom RadioButton based skin on the Spark TabBar control in Flex 4 by setting the skinClass style.

 

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Removing the selected highlight from the Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4 (redux)

By Peter deHaan 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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Setting a bitmap image fill on a Spark FormHeading control in Flex Hero

By Peter deHaan On September 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set a bitmap image fill on a Spark FormHeading control in Flex Hero by creating a custom FormHeading skin and creating a repeating BitmapFill object.

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Creating a stacked Spark Form container in Flex Hero

By Peter deHaan On August 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can create a stacked Spark Form, FormHeading, and FormItem in Spark Hero by setting a the skinClass to the StackedFormSkin, StackedFormHeadingSkin, and StackedFormItem skins respectively.

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

By Peter deHaan 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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Setting a solid tab fill on a Spark TabBar control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On May 4, 2010 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can create a solid fill on a Spark TabBar control in Flex 4 by creating a custom TabBarButton skin and setting the skinClass style.

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Setting a bitmap fill on a Spark Button control in Flex 4 (redux)

By Peter deHaan On April 29, 2010 · 2 Comments

In a previous example, “Setting a bitmap fill on a Spark Button control in Flex 4″, we saw how you could apply a background bitmap fill on a Spark Button control in Flex 4 by creating a custom skin, using the BitmapFill class, and setting the skinClass style.

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Setting a bitmap fill on a Spark Button control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On April 29, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how can apply a background bitmap fill on a Spark Button control in Flex 4 by creating a custom skin, using the BitmapFill class and setting the skinClass style.

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Creating a custom Spark HSlider thumb in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On April 23, 2010 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can use a Spark Button control as a thumb for the Spark HSlider control by setting the skinClass style on the thumb skin part in a custom Spark HSlider control skin.

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