Could you please post the code that produced the display in ss.png? Since UITextField is just a sublcass of TextField, I'd like to understand why it is producing the background box.
Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of giannif17 Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:59 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Regular TextField styling. Here's an isolated case where it's pretty clear: http://www.therichardsonnyc.com/images/ss.png I doubt there's a solution to this, that's why I initially asked a different question. I'm going to just use TextField instead of the flex components. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "giannif17" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can see it on both the timecodes on the bottom scrubber in this > screen shot of a video player. > http://therichardsonnyc.com/images/screenshot.jpg > > I'll look at on other PCs when I get back in my office tomorrow. > > When I use TextField, it goes away. > > Thanks > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Josh > McDonald" <dznuts@> wrote: > > > > I definitely can't seen anything, but I'm also on a Mac. Sorry if > this is a > > dumb question, but have you taken a screenshot on windows and checked it > > thoroughly with Photoshop to make sure it's really there? It may be an > > optical illusion. Do you see it on several different windows > machines? What > > about across browsers on the one machine? > > > > -Josh > > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:06 AM, giannif17 <gianni.ferullo@> wrote: > > > > > Yes, a plain UITextField has the same white box. > > > Here's a link: > > > http://therichardsonnyc.com/images/TestFlex.swf > > > > > > I can't even see it on my mac. > > > > > > If I used getStyle(), I'd have to do that for every property I wanted > > > to set on the TextFormat object. > > > textFormat.bold = css.getStyle("fontWeight"); > > > etc. > > > > > > Thanks for your help, Alex. > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > Alex Harui <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Does a plain UITextFIeld also have the white box? Can you post a > > > simple test case? > > > > > > > > Instead of reading the factory, why not just call getStyle() on the > > > cssstyledecl. We have equivalent code in UITextField > > > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] > > > On Behalf Of giannif17 > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:25 PM > > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Regular TextField styling. > > > > > > > > > > > > There is a subtle translucent white box surrounding my Label > > > > component. You can hardly see it, but it's there. It's pretty much > > > > invisible on my mac, but on my pc you can see it more clearly. Our > > > > designers are quite picky about it. A good comparison is a > canvas with > > > > backgroundColor white, and backgroundAlpha ".01". > > > > > > > > I don't see a ready event for the factory on > CSSStyleDeclaration, all > > > > the properties I need are actually in a protected var called > > > > overrides, because when the stylesheet loads, setStyle is called. > > > > There won't ever be a factory. If I could just get at that overrides > > > > property... > > > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > > > > > --- In > > > > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcod ers%2540yahoogroups.com>>, > > > Alex > > > Harui <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > UITextField is just a subclass of TextField. What doesn't it do > > > > correctly? I'm not sure what you mean by transparent box. > > > > > > > > > > If factory is null, you should run that code when the factory is > > > > ready. There should be an event for that. > > > > > > > > > > From: > > > > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcod ers%2540yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > > > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com> > > > >] > > > > On Behalf Of giannif17 > > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:10 PM > > > > > To: > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcod ers%2540yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Regular TextField styling. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The UITextFields that are used in Flex Text components have some > > > > > rendering issues that the basic ActionScript TextFields don't > have. > > > > > > > > > > I want to use TextField, and set its style based on a style that's > > > > > available in the StyleManager, but can't make the connection. > > > > > > > > > > This is what I did, it works in my test app, but not in my > production > > > > > app, because the factory is null (I'm loading the CSS swf at > runtime). > > > > > > > > > > Is there another way to achieve this: > > > > > var css:CSSStyleDeclaration = > > > > > StyleManager.getStyleDeclaration(".myTextField"); > > > > > var f:Function = css.factory; > > > > > var styleObj:Object = new f(); > > > > > var s:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet(); > > > > > var fmt:TextFormat = s.transform(styleObj); > > > > > var tf:TextField = new TextField(); > > > > > tf.defaultTextFormat = fmt; > > > > > > > > > > I'm hoping there's a simple way to do this that I'm just > overlooking. > > > > > > > > > > Oh, and the UITextFields have a slight transparent box around them > > > > > when using embedded fonts. If anyone knows how to fix that, I'd > > > > > definitely prefer that solution. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > -- > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > Search Archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > > > Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for > thee." > > > > http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ > > > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > > :: 0437 221 380 :: josh@ > > >
