I'm not trying to set it on a Label per se, I'm trying to set the style on the label that gets generated in a FormItem.
<mx:FormItem id=... label="User Id:" > I've tried setting the fontWeight style on the FormItem itself, but that will style the control as well as the label. --- In [email protected], Scott - FastLane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you only want to set it for one label, can't you just set it on the > label declaration i.e. <mx:Label fontWeight="bold" text="Your Label Text"/> > > hth > Scott > > Scott Melby > Founder, Fast Lane Software LLC > http://www.fastlanesw.com > > > > diehlryan wrote: > > > > I can style a FormItemLabel to be bold using a global style, but I > > can't figure out how to style a Form on a single component only and > > not affect the other forms throughout the application. I can get it > > working via ActionScript and using the StyleManager, but again, this > > affects all instances of FormItemLabel throughout the application: > > > > StyleManager.getStyleDeclaration("FormItemLabel").setStyle("fontWeight", > > "bold"); > > > > It does work if I do the previous line on init, and then reset it when > > the user leaves the form, but it feels kinda hacky, and there is a > > noticeable delay while the styles are regenerated at runtime. Does > > anyone know of a nice way to do this? I suppose I could subclass > > FormItem or FormItemLabel, but that seems like overkill just to set a > > style. Thanks. > > > > >

