Instead of changing the alpha property, what about using something like ColorUtil.adjustBrightness() on the color style to fade the canceled events?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> "> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.utils.ColorUtil; [Bindable] private var lblColor: uint = 0x202020; ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Label text="Normal text" color="{lblColor}" /> <mx:Label text="De-emphasized text" color="{ColorUtil.adjustBrightness(lblColor, 90)}"/> </mx:Application> --- In [email protected], Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been working on a calendar of events flex application as most > anybody who monitors these flex lists probably has noticed. This is a > reworking of an existing [D]HTML/CFML application. Part of the current > display is that canceled events are displayed with a strike-through text > decoration. > > I am trying to convey this same information in the flex version. I have > tried using a strike-through decoration, but my attempts to use htmlText > functionality in flex did not produce any results. I then tried to use > the alpha property to fade the canceled events. After embedding a font > so that the alpha effect would take effect, the results where less then > desirable, it was just not clear enough. > > Any suggestions on a simple but effective way to display the canceled > events? It should be noted that the events are color coded to indicate > which of four areas to which they belong. This color coded information > needs to be maintained for canceled events and I am reluctant to try and > create four "canceled" colors. This is a quite a colorful, busy, > information packed screen as it is. > > Is there an easy way I could apply an image/graphic/effect to create > some kind of diagonal lines mask/background of the box containing the > canceled drive information? >
