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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/01/25/setting-the-label-color-on-a-checkbox-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application name="CheckBox_color_test"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        CheckBox {
            fontWeight: bold;
            iconColor: green;
        }

        .selectedStyle {
            color: green;
            textRollOverColor: green;
            textSelectedColor: green;
            themeColor: green;
        }

        .unselectedStyle {
            color: red;
            textRollOverColor: red;
            textSelectedColor: red;
            themeColor: red;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            private function checkBox_change(evt:Event):void {
                var tgt:CheckBox = evt.currentTarget as CheckBox;
                if (tgt.selected) {
                    tgt.styleName = "selectedStyle";
                } else {
                    tgt.styleName = "unselectedStyle";
                }
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:CheckBox id="checkBox"
            label="CheckBox"
            selected="false"
            styleName="unselectedStyle"
            change="checkBox_change(event);" />

</mx:Application>

 

Full code after the jump.

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/07/28/setting-the-label-color-of-a-selected-item-on-a-list-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Array id="arr">
        <mx:Object label="One" />
        <mx:Object label="Two" />
        <mx:Object label="Three" />
        <mx:Object label="Four" />
        <mx:Object label="Five" />
        <mx:Object label="Six" />
        <mx:Object label="Seven" />
        <mx:Object label="Eight" />
        <mx:Object label="Nine" />
        <mx:Object label="Ten" />
    </mx:Array>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="textSelectedColor:">
                <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:List id="list"
            dataProvider="{arr}"
            textSelectedColor="{colorPicker.selectedColor}"
            width="100" />

</mx:Application>

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You can also set the textSelectedColor style in an external .CSS file or <mx:Style /> block, as seen in the following example:

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/07/28/setting-the-label-color-of-a-selected-item-on-a-list-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        List {
            textSelectedColor: red;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Array id="arr">
        <mx:Object label="One" />
        <mx:Object label="Two" />
        <mx:Object label="Three" />
        <mx:Object label="Four" />
        <mx:Object label="Five" />
        <mx:Object label="Six" />
        <mx:Object label="Seven" />
        <mx:Object label="Eight" />
        <mx:Object label="Nine" />
        <mx:Object label="Ten" />
    </mx:Array>

    <mx:List id="list"
            dataProvider="{arr}"
            width="100" />

</mx:Application>

Or, you can set the textSelectedColor style using ActionScript, as seen in the following example:

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/07/28/setting-the-label-color-of-a-selected-item-on-a-list-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.events.ColorPickerEvent;

            private function colorPicker_change(evt:ColorPickerEvent):void {
                list.setStyle("textSelectedColor", evt.color);
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:Array id="arr">
        <mx:Object label="One" />
        <mx:Object label="Two" />
        <mx:Object label="Three" />
        <mx:Object label="Four" />
        <mx:Object label="Five" />
        <mx:Object label="Six" />
        <mx:Object label="Seven" />
        <mx:Object label="Eight" />
        <mx:Object label="Nine" />
        <mx:Object label="Ten" />
    </mx:Array>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="textSelectedColor:">
                <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker"
                        change="colorPicker_change(event);" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:List id="list"
            dataProvider="{arr}"
            width="100" />

</mx:Application>

 

Full code after the jump.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/26/changing-a-button-controls-text-color/ -->
<mx:Application name="Button_color_test"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">
 
    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Label text="color:" />
        <mx:ColorPicker id="colorCB" />
 
        <mx:Spacer width="33%" />
 
        <mx:Label text="textRollOverColor:" />
        <mx:ColorPicker id="textRollOverColorCB" />
 
        <mx:Spacer width="33%" />
 
        <mx:Label text="textSelectedColor:" />
        <mx:ColorPicker id="textSelectedColorCB" />
 
        <mx:Spacer width="33%" />
 
        <mx:Label text="disabledColor:" />
        <mx:ColorPicker id="disabledColorCB" />
        <mx:CheckBox id="enabledCh" label="enabled" selected="true" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>
 
    <mx:Button id="button"
            label="Label"
            toggle="true"
            enabled="{enabledCh.selected}"
            color="{colorCB.selectedColor}"
            disabledColor="{disabledColorCB.selectedColor}"
            textRollOverColor="{textRollOverColorCB.selectedColor}"
            textSelectedColor="{textSelectedColorCB.selectedColor}" />
 
</mx:Application>

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