Here is code for a MultiLine Button. You put a line break (\n) where you want it to break. I use it to get a vertical label by putting a line break between each letter.
Hope this helps! Warren package myClassLibrary{ // from http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2007/04/multiline_buttons.html and adapted slightly for Flex3 import mx.controls.Button; import mx.core.UITextField; import mx.core.IUITextField; import flash.display.DisplayObject; import flash.text.TextLineMetrics; import mx.core.IFlexDisplayObject; import mx.core.mx_internal; use namespace mx_internal; public class Button_MultiLine extends Button{ public function Button_MultiLine(){ super(); } public function forceUpdate():void{ this.updateDisplayList(this.width,this.height); } override protected function createChildren():void{ if (!textField){ textField = IUITextField(createInFontContext(UITextField_NoTruncate)); textField.styleName = this; addChild(DisplayObject(textField)); } super.createChildren(); textField.wordWrap = true; textField.multiline = true; } override protected function measure():void{ if (!isNaN(explicitWidth)){ var tempIcon:IFlexDisplayObject = getCurrentIcon(); var w:Number = explicitWidth; if (tempIcon) w -= tempIcon.width + getStyle("horizontalGap") + getStyle("paddingLeft") + getStyle("paddingRight"); textField.width = w; } super.measure(); } override public function measureText(s:String):TextLineMetrics{ textField.text = s; var lineMetrics:TextLineMetrics = textField.getLineMetrics(0); lineMetrics.width = textField.textWidth + 4; lineMetrics.height = textField.textHeight + 4; return lineMetrics; } } } import mx.core.UITextField; internal class UITextField_NoTruncate extends UITextField { public function UITextField_NoTruncate() { super(); } override public function truncateToFit(s:String = null):Boolean { return false; } } ----- Original Message ----- From: markflex2007 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 4:02 PM Subject: [flexcoders] flex vertial button? I try to vertical button like.but I can not see label in button. <mx:HBox width="100%" rotation="90" x="100" y="100" clipContent="true"> <mx:Button id="myButton" label="CLICK ME" height="30" rotation="90" /> </mx:HBox> Do you have other ways.Thanks Mark