Flex CSS Archive
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Copying the WIRED font style
Posted on May 29, 2010 | No CommentsYes, it’s a slow coding day here at polyGeek.com. All I got for you is a css-style but it’s a good one. I read WIRED.com quite a bit and I... -
Flex 4 Stylename stacking
Posted on March 19, 2010 | 2 CommentsIt isn’t going to make headlines but being able to apply multiple styles to a component in Flex 4 is great. I find that it really helps keep my CSS... -
Make that Flex Button look like an HTML link
Posted on February 21, 2010 | 9 CommentsSometimes it’s the simple things that make us happy. And for me one of those simple things is just how easy it is to make a <s:Button> look like an... -
Cause of the ‘css type selectors not supported’ error
Posted on February 4, 2010 | 3 CommentsIf you are dynamically instantiating custom components in Flex 4 you may have run into a strange runtime error: ArgumentError: Undefined state ‘closed’. at mx.core::UIComponent/getState() … You’re state name may... -
Could the style names for the various states of text colors on Buttons make less sense?
Posted on April 1, 2009 | 5 CommentsFirst off, kudos to the Flex Builder team for creating a remarkable framework. You guys/gals rock! 99.9 % of the time. <rant> With that being said, what the frak were... -
A developer’s advice for creating buttons for a Flex application
Posted on March 29, 2009 | 2 CommentsMany of my clients have designers that give me assets for the Flex/AIR apps that I’m creating for them. I’m very happy when I get PNG files that are perfectly... -
TextArea Explorer
Posted on March 24, 2009 | 21 CommentsIn this explorer I’m going to highlight everything I can think of that can be done to a TextArea. Most of the solutions – such as changing the lineHeight –... -
Using Unicode ranges in Flex CSS
Posted on March 8, 2009 | 3 CommentsOn my blog here at the top you can see the charecters polyGeek.com. That used to be a .png file but I just replaced the entire banner with a Flex... -
Dynamically changing a components ConstraintRow and ConstraintColumn
Posted on January 20, 2009 | 1 CommentI just learned about ConstraintRow/ConstraintColumn today from the book Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0 by Juan Sanchez and Andy McIntosh. I wish I’d know about this sooner because it... -
Putting all your icons in one basket
Posted on December 8, 2008 | 1 CommentYou know the saying, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket?” Well, that person didn’t have to keep track of a bazillion icons in one of their apps. [kml_flashembed...
