My guess is that its an oversight. They probably intended to go back and implement it as a style and forgot about it. There was an almost identical situation with borderColor in DataGrid, but they fixed it, I think in the 2.0.1 update.
Definitely submit it to the bug/wish form. Ben --- In [email protected], "Derek Vadneau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I ran into this and thought I'd share the solution I used. > > The problem: > How to change the colour of the check icon in the CheckBox component? > > Solution: > There are a few ways to do this but here is the one I opted for since > it allows me to change the colour through styles. > > 1. In the Style section of your MXML file: > <mx:Style> > CheckBox { > /* Overwriting the icon skin class */ > disabledIcon: ClassReference("mx.skins.halo.CheckBoxIconWithCheckColor"); > downIcon: ClassReference("mx.skins.halo.CheckBoxIconWithCheckColor"); > overIcon: ClassReference("mx.skins.halo.CheckBoxIconWithCheckColor"); > selectedDownIcon: ClassReference("mx.skins.halo.CheckBoxIconWithCheckColor"); > selectedDisabledIcon: > ClassReference("mx.skins.halo.CheckBoxIconWithCheckColor"); > selectedOverIcon: ClassReference("mx.skins.halo.CheckBoxIconWithCheckColor"); > selectedUpIcon: ClassReference("mx.skins.halo.CheckBoxIconWithCheckColor"); > upIcon: ClassReference("mx.skins.halo.CheckBoxIconWithCheckColor"); > /* Our new style */ > checkColor: #FF0000; > } > </mx:Style> > > 2. Copy the file CheckBoxIcon.as from the Flex SDK > 2\frameworks\source\mx\skins\halo folder into the {your project > folder}\mx\skins\halo. > > 3. Rename the file to CheckBoxIconWithCheckColor.as. > > 4. Comment out line 24 (the Version.as include). > > 5. Replace line 137 and 138: > > // Placeholder styles stub > var checkColor:uint = 0x2B333C;// added style prop > > with: > > /* > Modified by {your name} (05/30/2007): > > The checkColor variable now gets its value from getStyle if it > can, > otherwise it defaults to what was hardcoded in the CheckBoxIcon.as > file. > */ > var defaultCheckColor:uint = 0x2B333C; > var checkColor:uint = defaultCheckColor; > if (getStyle('checkColor') != undefined) checkColor = getStyle('checkColor'); > /* > End modification. > */ > > That's it. Now when you specify a value for the checkColor style. In > the style code I posted I made it red so the difference would be > obvious. > > > Gripe/Rant: > There is a value for the colour in the CheckBoxIcon.as file, found in > the mx.skins.halo folder. The value was hardcoded, for whatever crazy > reason. Above and below that line of code are calls to getStyle, and > the checkColor declaration has comments referring to it as a style. > > Why, oh why, would this be hardcoded? I can change pretty much > anything else in almost any component using styles (frickin' > beautiful, btw), except the check icon color. > > -- > > Derek Vadneau >
