Thanks Maxime There's some good resources there, I'll definitely check them out. I also found this Flex 3 bug in teh meantime: https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-15131 http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14806
Cheers Tracy --- In [email protected], "maximecowez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been doing my own first steps in skinning lately. I found the > ScaleNine blog <http://www.scalenine.com/> to be very helpfull. > And are you using the Flex Skin Design extensions > <https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flex%5Fskins> > already? (you need an Adobe account to download) They really make life > easier. > But I have to say: I'm still having trouble with Panel skins too. > > --- In [email protected], "polestar11" <polestar11@> wrote: > > > > Please help > > > > There is virtually no documentation on Flex skinning. I am really > > struggling with border sizes and content sizes with custom skins, in > > particular Panel skins using the borderSkin property. > > > > I'm currently trying to skin an Alert box. I have the following > > properties set: > > Alert { > > color:#ffffff; > > borderSkin: Embed(source="flex_skins.swf", > symbol="Panel_popupSkin2"); > > headerHeight: 30; > > paddingTop: 20; > > paddingBottom: 4; > > } > > > > My content only just fits, after much pixel pushing. It is still not > > perfect as it is all squashed in. I have tried various things, that > > have had no effect such as: > > - tweaking the scale-9 borders in the .fla symbol > > - setting verticalGap in the style > > - setting borderThickness in the style > > > > This is very frustrating as there only seems to be 1 definitive > > document on skinning[1] which doesn't cover detailed concepts like how > > to structure the .fla symbols. > > > > [1] http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flex_skins.html (also > > documented in Flex Help) > > > > Where could I find out more information on skinning? > > > > Regards > > Tracy > > >
