nj, Thank you for the response! This is what I'd been leaning towards believing but was holding out hope that because in Flash, the Panel skin, for example, is broken into 3 parts, that Flex would be able to resize them. Oh well!
Now, does anyone know how to reskin a component during execution? I would like to call a function that does Panel.styleName = "newStyle", but this has no effect. Thank you! --- In [email protected], "rictushep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "zzwi89" <sean.rea@> wrote: > > > I am attempting to skin my components using the method shown here: > > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flex_skins.html. > > > > Even when I simply publish the default Flash skin file and use it in > > my application, I can no longer change the size of a panel's border, > > for instance. > > > > Is this simply a limitation of Flex or is there a way around it? I > > feel like the skinning at first seems promising and then turns out to > > be a letdown. > > Hi, > > The intent of graphical skinning (which is what the templates in that > article provide) is that it allows you to replace the default > component skin with specific custom artwork. Because this is custom > artwork, Flex doesn't know anything about its internal structure, so > it doesn't know what part of the artwork is the "border" that you want > to make thicker. > > The default component skins (HaloAeon) can respond to styles set on > the component (border thickness, background color, etc.) because > they're implemented programmatically--in other words, they draw > themselves at runtime based on those style values. When you replace > the default programmatic skin with a graphical skin, most of these > styles no longer apply; the assumption is that you've "baked" the > exact appearance you want into the graphical skin. > > If you need to create custom Panel skins that have different border > thicknesses, you have a couple of options: > > -- Draw multiple graphical skins that have the different border > thicknesses you want, and create CSS rules for the various skins using > "." names (e.g. ".thinPanel", ".thickPanel"). You can then attach > them to different Panels using the "styleName" property (e.g. > <mx:Panel styleName="thinPanel">, <mx:Panel styleName="thickPanel">). > > (Note that if you do this, you will still need to set the > borderThickness styles as well for each skin. Even though the > borderThickness styles don't change the appearance of the graphical > artwork you provide, they do tell Flex how much padding to put around > the content so it doesn't overlap the borders you drew into the > artwork. See "Setting the Panel content area" on this page: > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flex_skins_08.html > ) > > -- Create a programmatic skin that draws the artwork at runtime using > ActionScript based on the styles you set on the component. > > Thanks, > > nj > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
