This is next in my queue after I get the MapSearch example running again.
Thanks,
-Alex
On 11/6/16, 3:50 AM, "carlos.rov...@gmail.com on behalf of Carlos Rovira"
<carlos.rov...@gmail.com on behalf of carlosrov...@apache.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm was expending several hours to get FlexJS MDLExample to get images vía
>CSS with no luck.
>
>I think we need to give some love to CSS image management since this is
>basic. Not always people should use an Image component to show an image.
>Some times a Container needs a background image and right now FlexJS can't
>deal with this.
>
>I'm interested in fix this myself, but right now I can't find info in the
>wiki. I was thinking about change SimpleCSSValuesImpl.as, but when I try
>this, I should get an BUILD FAILURE when building with maven...maybe
>there's some connection of this code with some falcon CSS internals
>management?. I need to know some explanation about this.
>
>I check as well Flex Store JQuery HomeView since there is a container with
>a bg img, but this is done with an Image componente and lots of cumbersome
>code that are not recommended at all. Things here should be far more easy,
>just setting the image vía CSS and let the html do its duty.
>
>I see two main problems:
>
>1.- FlexJS remove the CSS rule when is something like -> background:
>url('../../../../src/main/resources/Unknown.jpeg') center / cover;
>I need FlexJS to output that rule, both in inline style properties and
>inside css files
>2.- Second is the problem with paths, that if not directly related is
>responsible to get things done right. As I talked with Chris, he proposed
>to make the build manage additional resource paths. I could in the mean
>time put an "assets" folder where resides my App.mxml and store inside
>images, and then move it to src/main/resources when things settles in the
>right way.
>
>If we get this done and get divs, spans, and others to show images, we can
>gain many things in terms of look and feel of Flex Apps. For example I
>would like to implement with FlexJS this example page:
>https://getmdl.io/templates/blog/index.html
>I need this image css support to get this.
>
>Thanks!
>
>--
>Carlos Rovira
>http://about.me/carlosrovira
