It works with forceMArgin, but... you don't need to create a theme
to do so, probably only if you gonna use it in mxml, which I'm not.
I implemented it like this:
var b:Button = new Button();
b.createClassObject( CustomButtonSkin, "face_mc", 1,
{styleName:StyleName});
Works perfectly!! Thanx.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Joe Berkovitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Unfortunately it seems that it really *is* that hard. Someone at
> Macromedia should take note of the fact that the button label
placement
> appears to be hardcoded into the border metrics of ButtonSkin.
>
> We wound up having to create a custom theme with its own
ButtonSkin
> subclass just to override this annoying behavior. It uses a
> "forceMargin" style to selectively override the hardcoded margin
of 3
> pixels.
>
> To use this one must compile and make use of a theme containing
the
> following class -- somewhat involved, see MM docs
for "programmatic
> skinning". Once done, one can override the margin by specifying a
> "forceMargin: 1" or such, in the CSS style applied to one's button.
>
> . . . . ...j
>
> ===================================================
>
> import mx.skins.halo.ButtonSkin;
> import mx.core.ext.UIObjectExtensions;
> class yourPackageHere.CustomButtonSkin extends ButtonSkin
> {
> static var symbolName:String = "ButtonSkin";
> static var symbolOwner:Object = CustomButtonSkin;
>
> function getBorderMetrics():Object
> {
> var forceMargin = getStyle("forceMargin");
> if (forceMargin == undefined)
> {
> return super.getBorderMetrics();
> }
> else
> {
> __borderMetrics = { left: forceMargin, top:
forceMargin,
> right: forceMargin, bottom:forceMargin };
> return __borderMetrics;
> }
> }
>
> static function classConstruct():Boolean
> {
> UIObjectExtensions.Extensions();
> _global.skinRegistry["CustomButtonSkin"] = true;
> return true;
> }
> static var classConstructed:Boolean = classConstruct();
> static var UIObjectExtensionsDependency:UIObjectExtensions =
> UIObjectExtensions;
> }
>
>
> rockmoyosa wrote:
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "rockmoyosa"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Ok ok , I got de icon in my Button,but...
> >>I resized the button to height = 17 and my label has a font-size
of
> >
> > 10.
> >
> >>but the effect is thathalf of my text is visble. So I want the
> >>following:
> >>
> >>Or I can position my text with x and y
> >>or an marginTop = X(something).
> >>
> >>I find no standard solution in Flex?! Anybody!
> >
> >
> > Come it can't be that hard. Must I build my own Button just to
place
> > my label a little bit higher in the button?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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