I think theres a lot you can do to style these things I'm not really that up on it. though. :P
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Nick Middleweek <n...@middleweek.co.uk>wrote: > > > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > >
