One caveat: since Button will measure the additional html characters,
you might want to set the button's width explicitly.
-TH
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Hoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Sefi,
>
> Here's a way that you can do that by extending Button:
>
> // AS ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> package controls
> {
> import mx.controls.Button;
>
>
>
> public class HTMLButton extends Button
> {
> public function HTMLButton()
> {
> super();
> }
>
> override protected function
> updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,unscaledHeight:Number):void
> {
> super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
>
> textField.htmlText = label;
> }
> }
> }
>
> // MXML
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> xmlns:controls="controls.*"
> creationComplete="onCreationComplete()">
>
>
>
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> private function onCreationComplete():void
> {
> var myButtonHTMLText:String = "<u>O</u>pen";
> myButton.label = myButtonHTMLText;
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
>
>
> <controls:HTMLButton id="myButton"/>
>
>
>
> </mx:Application>
>
> // ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> -TH
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Sefi Ninio" sefi.ninio@ wrote:
> >
> > Hey,
> >
> > I have set up a keyboard shortcut to call the onButtonClick handler.
> > Now, I'd like the button label to hint that the shortcut is present.
> >
> > For example, say the button label is 'Open' and the keyboard
shortcut
> is
> > Ctrl-O, I'd like the button label to be *O*pen, with underline only
> under
> > the O.
> >
> > I've searched the API as well as google to no avail.
> > I'm thinking of extending Button to enable this, but it probably
won't
> be
> > trivial and I'd like to know if there's a simpler option before
going
> that
> > path...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sefi
> >
>
