After a bit more playing, I can see that both effects are definitely getting run, it's just that I can't see the A -> Base transition because Flex has already removed the components.
Still stuck though! --- In [email protected], "triggersoftware" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know how to get a component removal transition to work when I'm > actively calling mx:RemoveChild, but I'm not sure how to get a removal > transition to work when components are removed by Flex to undo the > calls to mx:AddChild which moved us into the current state in the > first place. > > Okay, that probably doesn't make much sense, so here's a simple > example. How do I get the mx:Fade transition to be applied to the > label so that when the user clicks on the "Base State" button the > label fades out? > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="vertical"> > <mx:HBox> > <mx:Button label="State A" click="currentState = 'A'"/> > <mx:Button label="Base State" click="currentState = ''"/> > > </mx:HBox> > <mx:HBox id="placeholder"/> > > <mx:states> > <mx:State name="A"> > <mx:AddChild relativeTo="{placeholder}"> > <mx:Label id="lblMessage" text="I am now in > state A!"/> > </mx:AddChild> > </mx:State> > </mx:states> > > <mx:transitions> > <mx:Transition fromState="" toState="A"> > <mx:Glow target="{lblMessage}" alphaFrom="1" alphaTo="0" > duration="2000"/> > </mx:Transition> > <mx:Transition fromState="A" toState=""> > <mx:Fade target="{lblMessage}" alphaFrom="1.0" > alphaTo="0.0" > duration="2000"/> > </mx:Transition> > </mx:transitions> > > </mx:Application> >
