Tim and Wesley, thanks for your replies... really appreciate it. I've not been flexing for long so that's for helping me out...
I treid using forms with a border and using a formheader but it didn't give the look I was after. I guess i can change my UI designs if needed though but I though the field grouping thing was a standard object in most development environments... I think the Panel will give me the best enclosure feel... One thing I've noticed about Forms is that they're great for vertical layouts but if I want to have fields side by side then I need to use two forms and then second having a blank header to force the first field to be lined up with the field in the first Form. A problem though is pressing tab in the first form moves the cursor down it's elements and then moving onto the second. I'm sure there's a way to sort this but will it be a 'hack' - checking for TAB on keypress events and applying focus to the desired field... bit messy I guess and prone to breakage. Am I wrong? Hope so... Also, where is the Shapes area in FB3? Are there drawing tools or do i have to draw within a specific container? Cheers for the help guys! Nick 2009/8/18 Wesley Acheson <wesley.ache...@gmail.com> > > > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Nick Middleweek <n...@middleweek.co.uk>wrote: > >> >> >> hi guys, >> >> Is there a component that allows us to group fields/ objects together? I >> can't find a built in object, I'm after something visual that i can use to >> group fields, such as all the address fields together and another group to >> collate the numerous emails and phone numbers... >> > You can use a container with a border I. > > I'd personally use Panel. > > however there are several ways to do this. Please note this was to be quick > not pretty. > > See below > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="absolute" backgroundGradientAlphas="[1.0, 1.0]" > backgroundGradientColors="[#FFFFFF, #FFFFFF]"> > <mx:Form x="10" y="10" borderStyle="inset" width="293"> > <mx:FormHeading label="Address"/> > <mx:FormItem label="House"> > <mx:TextInput/> > </mx:FormItem> > <mx:FormItem label="Street"> > <mx:TextInput/> > </mx:FormItem> > <mx:FormItem label="Town"> > <mx:TextInput/> > </mx:FormItem> > </mx:Form> > <mx:Form x="10" y="158" width="293" borderStyle="inset" height="170"> > <mx:FormHeading label="Contact Details"/> > <mx:FormItem label="Mobile"> > <mx:TextInput/> > </mx:FormItem> > <mx:FormItem label="Phone"> > <mx:TextInput/> > </mx:FormItem> > <mx:HRule width="100%"/> > <mx:FormItem label="e-mail"> > <mx:TextInput/> > </mx:FormItem> > </mx:Form> > > </mx:Application> > > Or if you want it dynamic you can use something like an accordian. > >> >> >> Can I draw it? Is there a line tool? >> >> > I think theres lines in the shape area > >> >> Thanks! :) >> >> Nick >> >> >> >> > >
