If your programattic skin doesn't have any pixels in some area, the mouse shouldn't detect it. The mouse sees transparent pixels as valid target area.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Button hotspot for skins that aren't rectangular borders Hmmm...the formatting previewed correctly, but was totally messed up during the actual post, let me try again: |-----\ eol | \ eol | \ eol | / eol | / eol |-----/ eol --- In [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Todd" <tpreka...@...> wrote: > > Hello All, > I have a button with a skin that isn't a rectangular border. What's > the best way to have the button only change states when the user > mouses over the perceived button bounds (with an irregular skin). > > For example, I have a button and custom skin that looks like: > > |-----\ > | \ > | \ > | / > | / > |-----/ > > Notice the right-side, and how there's an angular triangle. I'd like > the button to NOT change state when the mouse isn't intercepting with > what the user actually sees as a button. > > BTW, I'm using a programmatic skin. I tried just using button states > with different PNG images that have the background transparent outside > the perceived border, thinking that Flex would manage the hotspot > automatically for transparent pixels. > > Any input would be appreciated. > > Thanks. >
