Well I believe you could go about this a few ways. Trying overriding the getCurrentSkinState[1] and return the state you would like. Maybe use a togglebutton [2]
[1] http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/supportClasses/SkinnableComponent.html#getCurrentSkinState() override protected function getCurrentSkinState():String { //use any conditions and return a state string;. return "down"; } [2] http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/ToggleButton.html -Mark -----Original Message----- From: Saju Thankathurai [mailto:sathikeshj...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2014 1:01 AM To: users@flex.apache.org Subject: Flex button default down state? Hi, Is it possible to create a Flex spark button with default down state? -- Regards Saju