Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-12-05 Thread EECOLOR
I can be wrong, but prototype is still functional, am I wrong? More information on this can be found in prog_actionscript30.pdf, in the chapter Object-Proented Programming in Actionscript under Advanced topics. Greetz Erik

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-12-04 Thread Rogerio Gonzalez
I guess what really made this easier for us in the past was the ability to use the 'prototype' chain to override properties and functions at a global level for all TextField instances. I know overriding the prototype chain is a thing of the past and for good reasons but it sure would be nice if

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-12-04 Thread Derek Vadneau
You can't extend things like TextField or Object like you could in AS1/AS2, which was Lance's point. I think that's a different discussion. I can see Ben's point about Buttons and borders. When I start a MXML project and drop a button on the stage I can change the border colour of a button,

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-12-04 Thread Lance Linder
able to make it work as it did in AS1/AS2. Thanks! Lance From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rogerio Gonzalez Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 6:55 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-12-01 Thread Gordon Smith
, 2006 1:33 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous While in general I've been fairly happy with my ability to style flex, one area in which really lacking (and unfortunately for me in a key place for my application) is in styling

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-12-01 Thread Lance Linder
: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous We haven't devoted a lot of attention to HTML text in Flex because the Flash Player's support for HTML is so limited and many Flex developers find it doesn't meet their needs, Apollo will change that, but it isn't clear when the Player's

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Schmalle
://ups.com ] On Behalf Of Michael Schmalle Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:05 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comflexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous Well, Before your

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread EECOLOR
I have to agree with the dude, that its tough to say something like that to a new person at flex. However, i was thinking the other comments were correct, and that if you wanted the the button to look something else, you'd have to use another skin. However, is you want to change the border from

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Rogerio Gonzalez
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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Schmalle
EDIT :: In a way, the Button does have a borderStyle, it's the button's name property. supposed to be In a way, the ButtonSkin class does have a borderStyle, it's the button skin's name property assigned in the Button class. Peace, Mike On 11/30/06, Michael Schmalle [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Schmalle
the border style In a way, the Button does have a borderStyle, it's the button's name property. Back in Flash, they used borderStyle in the Button but, in Flex2 to they changed it to switch on the buttons name. Anyway, I will write a skin class and put it on my blog. That will be my

[flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
I must say, I really don't understand how I am being offensive. If you took issue with my hypothetical new developer conversation, well, you shouldn't. I was merely trying to point out that your solution is a complex one, and requiring these types of workarounds does not encourage the very

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Schmalle
something that I feel needs to be addressed in order to improve the Flex framework. I think that is all you had to say in your original post. As far as me, along with the line above... what do we do? We know this isn't going to be changed in the near future. So, we as 'advanced and

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread . m a r c o s a u g u s t o
hm,,,about easy ways to skinning... any ideas about the panel's header horizontal line ? how to get rid of it... if you set values for , ie headerColors: #ff, #ee; you get the horizontal divider together i want colors but no line On 11/30/06, Michael Schmalle [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Mike Anderson
, November 30, 2006 8:49 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous something that I feel needs to be addressed in order to improve the Flex framework. I think that is all you had to say in your original post. As far as me, along

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Gordon Smith
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ben.clinkinbeard Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 6:29 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous I must say, I really don't understand how I am being offensive. If you took issue with my hypothetical new developer

[flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous I must say, I really don't understand how I am being offensive. If you took issue with my hypothetical new developer conversation, well, you shouldn't. I was merely trying to point out that your solution is a complex one

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Daniel Wabyick
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *ben.clinkinbeard *Sent:* Thursday, November 30, 2006 6:29 AM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous I must say, I really don't understand how I am being offensive. If you took issue

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Gordon Smith
, 2006 12:49 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous Annoying I can see, and so I apologize for that. My title was definitely borne out of significant frustration and should have been more factual. I also agree that most of Flex's CSS

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Ethan Miller
While in general I've been fairly happy with my ability to style flex, one area in which really lacking (and unfortunately for me in a key place for my application) is in styling text, especially text contained in an htmlText element. Despite reading the docs 5 times now, I remain unable to

[flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Darin Kohles
mx:Label id=linkTxt htmlText=font color=#FFa href='http://mysite.com'goto mysite/a/font mouseOver=hover() / function hover():void{ linkTxt.htmlText = String(linkTxt.htmlText).replace('FF','00FF00'); } you get the idea --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ethan Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Ethan Miller
Effective for color, but how about text-decoration, border, etc.? It would be really nice to keep this in the CSS domain. cheers, ethan mx:Label id=linkTxt htmlText=font color=#FFa href='http://mysite.com'goto mysite/a/font mouseOver=hover () / function hover():void{ linkTxt.htmlText

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread David Mendels
: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous Effective for color, but how about text-decoration, border, etc.? It would be really nice to keep this in the CSS domain. cheers, ethan mx:Label id=linkTxt htmlText=font color=#FFa href='http://mysite.com http://mysite.com 'goto

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Dustin Mercer
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ethan Miller Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:40 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous Effective for color, but how about text-decoration, border, etc.? It would be really nice to keep

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-30 Thread Jonathan Miranda
Here's a good question, with styling in mind.in flex 1.5, you had access directly to the movieclips that made a component. Aka I could do something like this: mx:ComboBox mx:Script function draw():Void { super.draw(); border_mc.borderStyle = none;

[flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-29 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Schmalle Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:50 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous Oh yeah... If he

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-29 Thread Michael Schmalle
flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous Well, Before your loose it... try myButton.setStyle(upSkin, null); OR Button { upSkin:ClassReference(null); } OR mx:Button upSkin={null}/ Peace, Mike On 11/29/06

[flexcoders] Re: Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous

2006-11-29 Thread ben.clinkinbeard
PROTECTED] ups.com http://ups.com ] On Behalf Of Michael Schmalle Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:05 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Styling in Flex is officially ridiculous Well, Before your loose