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="#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 > > > > >
