Sorry, I see that you said Flex 1.5. You would override draw() instead in your
custom component, and the drawing methods like beginFill() and drawRect() are
on the Label itself rather than on the Label's Graphics object. It should look
something like this
LabelWithBackground.mxml:
<mx:Label>
<mx:Script>
public function draw():Void
{
super.draw();
clear();
beginFill(0xFFFF00);
drawRect(0, 0, width, height);
endFill();
}
</mx:Script>
</mx:Label>
although I've probably messed something up because I've been working with Flex
2 for the last 18 months and have forgotten most of what I knew about Flex 1.5.
- Gordon
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon
Smith
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:33 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 Label class, need background
The background of the standard Label is always transparent, but it is easy to
override this behavior by overriding the updateDisplayList() method. Do you
know how to do programmatic drawing with the Graphics class?
- Gordon
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of leo4beer
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 Label class, need background
Is it possible to set a background for a Label class? Is there an
alternative to these classes? It seems like the Labels I'm using have
a transparent background.
thanks.
Label class:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/asdocs_en/mx/controls/Label.html
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