I *have* to know - what kind of evil requires a button that contains other buttons?
;-) -Josh On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Todd <tpreka...@gmail.com> wrote: > I solved my problem. On the nested-child button, all I had to do was > set buttonMode="true" and useHandCursor="true". It wasn't enough to > just have the LinkButton and assume that it would behave as a button. > > All works perfectly now with my complex button skin. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Todd" <tpreka...@...> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I have a custom Button control that uses extensive skinning (done in > > Flash, and linked through the Button's skin-style) to change the skins > > for mouse over, down,etc. The custom Button can contain multiple > > child objects, like other LinkButtons. > > I can't get the sub-button to trigger, though. On the parent > > button, I've fiddled with buttonMode and mouseChildren properties. > > So, I tried making the Parent a VBox (or any type of container) > > instead of a Button. Doing this enables me to now get the child > > buttons to trigger properly. However, I've lost the button skinning > > for mouse Over, down, disabled, click, etc... The skin is a > > programatic skin that has implementations for downSkin, > > selectedOverSkin, overSkin, selectedUpSkin, etc... > > > > What would be the preferred way to get the HBox (or any container) > > to act like a button with custom button skinning, and at the same time > > be able to have nested buttons that would take priority when the mouse > > hovers over them? I'd like to think I'm missing something trivial in > > getting this to work because it seems like a pretty common use case. > > > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." Like the cut of my jib? Check out my Flex blog! :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: j...@gfunk007.com :: http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ :: http://twitter.com/sophistifunk
