Yep, color changed the text color, when I tried it in a new project. It's not working in my other application though. So, I'm thinking that there is an inherited color style somewhere. I'll keep digging.
Thanks Gordon and Tracy, -TH --- In [email protected], "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It sounds like all you need is ToolTip styling, not ToolTip skinning. > Did you try > > > > <mx:Style> > > ToolTip { borderColor: blue; backgroundColor: yellow; color: red } > > </mx:Style> > > > > ? > > > > Gordon Smith > > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tim Hoff > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 2:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] ToolTip TextField TextColor > > > > Hi all, > > I've run into a problem with globally skinning ToolTips. I am to skin > the border and background by using a programmatic borderSkin. However, > the textField in ToolTip.as is protected and I'm not sure how to change > it's style globally (tried TextField CSS). I'm just looking for a way > to change the text color for all tool tips. If there's a way to apply > a textFormat through CSS, that might work. But, so far, no luck trying > to change this style. As usual, any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > -TH >

