Interestingly, I got it to work when I just set the property directly in the MXML, but not when I had it in a separate CSS file... oh well, thanks anyway!
Iain --- In [email protected], "Alger Werft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You're wrong. ;) > > > > Try setting width and height of the Hbox additionally to setting the > backgroundColor, e.g to 100%. > > By default, width and height of HBox depend on the space its children > take up. > > > > Alger > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of imjackson84 > Sent: Donnerstag, 21. Februar 2008 12:08 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Component styling question - HBox background > colours > > > > Hi, > > A fairly simple question: am I right in saying that the HBox and VBox > components can not have background colours set? I have tried setting > backgroundColor, backgroundAlpha, etc, but nothing changes in my > applications's appearance. The closest I got was setting the > opaqueBackground property but that did not apply colour to the full > height of the HBox, only the height occupied by its children. > > Presumably there must be some kind of container that allows me to > designate a certain portion of the interface to be a specific colour > regardless of it's size or children? > > Iain >
