Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source

Chapter 16. Customizing the Look and Feel of a Flex Application

<feature><title>What You Will Learn</title>

In this lesson, you will:

• Learn how Flex applications are styled

• Set styles via tag attributes

• Learn about inheritable style properties

• Set styles via the <mx:Style> tag

• Set styles via CSS files

• Create a custom skin for components

</feature><feature><title>Approximate Time</title>

This lesson takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete.

</feature><feature><title>Lesson Files</title>

• Media Files:

• Lesson16/assets/flexGrocer.css

• Starting Files:

• Lesson16/start/EComm.mxml

• Lesson16/start/views/ecomm/BillingInfo.mxml

• Lesson16/start/views/ecomm/Cart.mxml

• Lesson16/start/views/ecomm/CCInfo.mxml

• Lesson16/start/views/ecomm/GroceryDetail.mxml

• Lesson16/start/views/ecomm/Homepage.mxml ...