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Spark is the new component skinning library introduced in Adobe Flex 4.

Spark is a library for skinning components in Adobe Flex. Spark supersedes the previous library, Flex MX.

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Flex - How to change open DropDownList height

Using FB4, I want to change the height of an open spark DropDownList. By default, it shows up to 6 items before scrolling. My dropdownlist contains 7 items, so I want to change the height of the open dropdown list to fit all 7 items without…
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Disable Flex CSS type selector warning?

I'm building a somewhat large Flex project that includes several modules (a single Flex project that produces multiple SWFs) Right now, I have a single css file, being loaded in the main SWF tag:
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spark form item gap in Flex

Is there a way to change the space between a spark form item and its content(textinput, conbobox)? I already set to 0 the "gap" property of the form, but still there is a lot of vertical space left between the form inputs.
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Spark lifecycle changes between Flex 4.5 and 4.6

I have recently migrated some of my projects to the shiny new Flex 4.6 SDK. I wasn't expecting much trouble since it was only a minor release. But as a matter of fact I got hundreds of errors all over the place. These errors would mostly come from…
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Flex 4 Label and Selection

I am displaying data in spark Labels. Now I find that the user cannot select and copy the displayed text. The docs don't show what needs to be done (mx.Label allowed this but a spark label does not). So what's the solution? How can I allow users to…
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What's the deal with Halo and Spark in Flex 4?

I used Flex 2/3 for a couple of years and have just come back to it, upgrading to Flex 4. I'm seeing some references to Halo and Spark themes but I never got into themes in my previous work so I'm a bit confused what's going on. Am I correct that…
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Warning: CSS type selectors are not supported in components 'sparks.component.TextInput'

I am trying to do a simple CSS declaration. However, I have got the warning above and not sure how to solve it. I thought s|(type) should declare the style for me. @namespace s "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"; …
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parentApplication and FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication in Flex 4

In Flex 4, are there any differences between parentApplication and FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication? Are referring to the same top level application? I think both are same; one (parentApplication) belongs to Spark and the other…
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Why use s:Line instead of mx:HRule?

When using a mx:HRule or mx:VRule, Flash Builder suggests using a s:Line instead. Why would I want to write stuff like this : instead of How do I get relative sizes ?…
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Flex Spark List Mouse Wheel Scroll Speed

I have a component extending a Spark List, and when I scroll using the mouse wheel it scrolls too much in one go. I have tried looking for the handler that deals with mouse wheel scrolling in the List class and VerticalLayout class to override but I…
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Flex 4 Spark component Panel - Hide Title Bar

I have used Spark panel to display the object inside a container. The panel and the inside elements are created dynamically. (using ActionScript). I need to remove the title bar of the panel in actionscript. When I tried to remove that, I am unable…
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Change color of a Flex 4 spark Button

Is there an easy way to change the background color of a Flex 4 spark Button without messing with skins? UPDATE: ok, figured it out, simply set the chromeColor attribute of the Button mxml.
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Programmatically close an AIR application

I would like to know the correct way to close an AIR application programmatically. In my Spark WindowedApplication I have: this.addEventListener( Event.CLOSING, shutdownApp ); and of course an implementation of the shutdownApp method (which…
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How to add an image at a specific location in Flex/Spark TextArea or TextFlow

I have a Spark TextArea: Lorem ipsum etc. …
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Setting text color of spark.components.Label

I have this very simple custom component, made out of two Labels: _left and _right. It should represent several kinds of score in a game: 1.2.3.4.5.6 The last number ("6" in the above example) should be in bold font if it has just changed (in the…
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