<mx:Label id="linkTxt" htmlText="<font color="#0000FF"><a
href='http://mysite.com'>goto mysite</a></font>" mouseOver="hover()" />
function hover():void{
linkTxt.htmlText = String(linkTxt.htmlText).replace('0000FF','00FF00');
}
you get the idea....
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ethan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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 style a
> simple anchor tag (<A HREF="">. "A" as a type selector doesn't work,
> but neither do a:link, a:hover, or a:active which the docs say should
> work. Why the A tag doesn't simply support styleName as an attribute
> (or class="" or style="") is a complete mind bender to me. Why
> htmlText doesn't support <span styleName=""> is equally puzzling.
>
> Also, is it just me or are many of the css property names different,
> eg font-family vs fontFamily, etc. And what about shorthand syntax,
> eg "border: 1x dotted black."
>
> I realize and accept as necessary and good the need to support a
> limited set of HTML tags but don't understand why standard and
> rigorous text styling is so out of reach. This in fact would be one
> of my top wish list items for future releases.
>
> Meantime, if anyone has any tips on styling text now, I'm all ears =)
>
> cheers, ethan
>
