@Evyatar: would be doable, as easy as this, as long as it wasn't a skin inside a skin... this makes it a bit tricky.
Martin Miko On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Evyatar Ben Halevi-Arbib < evyata...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can extend HSlider, add a selectionColor property to it, define the > custom component as the host component of your skin and then you can access > the property from the skin using "hostComponent.selectionColor". > > Good luck, > Evyatar > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Tintin <1955.mille.mig...@googlemail.com > >wrote: > > > OK, I'm back on it. > > > > Can I be clear about my scenario. I have a very simple 'view' item (named > > SliderView) which includes a SWFObject and a Spark HSlider beneath it. I > > want the button on my HSlider to change colour depending on a value in > the > > presenter actionscript file (named SliderView_Presenter). Here's the top > of > > my SliderView mxml file: > > > > <s:Group > > xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"; > > xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" > > xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" > > xmlns:presenters="presenters.*" > > creationComplete="presenter.onCreationComplete(event)"> > > > > <fx:Declarations> > > > > <presenters:SliderView_Presenter id="presenter" /> > > </fx:Declarations> > > > > I have created a Skin for the HSlider (named SliderSkin) and set the > > skinClass property accordingly. > > > > As I see it I could approach this in a few ways: > > > > 1. My SliderView_Presenter class is passed a parameter from the host html > > page which determines the button colour. I could declare a variable of > Type > > sparkSkin and using a switch function set this to one of several > predefined > > skins depending on the parameter passed in. This variable could be bound > to > > the skinClass property of the HSlider. This keeps everything within > > SliderView which is bound to SliderView_Presenter. > > > > 2. My skin definition could change the colour of the Thumb graphic if it > > could be bound, or be passed, the parameter when set in > > SliderView_Presenter. > > > > Could I use a CSS Style and get/set the value? Skins are new to me and > I'm > > floundering a little! > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://apache-flex-users.2333346.n4.nabble.com/Can-I-Bind-a-SolidColor-Fill-Value-tp4615p4777.html > > Sent from the Apache Flex Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > >
