It seems to be the case that it's validating on focus out. I realize I need to come up with a test case to see if this is the default behavior or something causing it in my project.
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Asad Zaidi <asadzaid...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ** > > > this occurs due to validation errors. in ur case i think while rendering > it focus in ur component and on focus out it validates ur component. i > havent tried it but i think u can use initialize property of the component > to stop validation at initialization process. Or u can assign the validator > to that component after all components have been rendered. > i will try to find out more and will let u know. > > Asad. > > *From:* "michael_reg...@dell.com" <michael_reg...@dell.com> > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Monday, November 21, 2011 7:41 PM > *Subject:* RE: [flexcoders] Re: Red error borders on form items before > form is validated > > > Can you give an example of how you’ve written your validator? I’m > suspecting it is on how you defined the trigger. > > *Michael J. Regert*** > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Khanh > *Sent:* Thursday, November 17, 2011 4:20 PM > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: Red error borders on form items before form > is validated > > > It's a focus border. > Usually, it's blue. I'm not sure how it's red in your case! > You can change the color following this example. > Thanks to Peter Dehaan for his great tip. > > http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/04/12/changing-the-focus-rectangle-color-on-a-textinput-control-in-flex/ > > OR you can hide this by using the property: focusAlpha > <mx:TextInput id="txtInput" focusAlpha="0"/> > > Good luck. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dorkie dork from dorktown < > dorkiedorkfromdorktown@...> wrote: > > > > When I display my Form elements (TextInput, Combox, etc) the red error > > border is shown right away before the user even types into it. Why is > this > > happening? How can I prevent it from showing a red error border when it's > > first displayed? > > > > > >