Components
Containers
Layouts
Databinding
Lab Assignments
Tasks
Create a PagedLayout
Create a gui to modify the FlowLayout properties
Extend the FlowLayout, that columns are aligned
To the Right
To the Left
Template Project
Layouts
Custom Implementations
Default Implementations
HorizontaLayout
VerticalLayout
TileLayout
BasicLayout
called: Absolute Layout
Basic concepts
Flex Components extend the basic FLASH displaylist elements
Single Threaded Programming Model
Single Rooted Display List
Containers
Application
Lists
Basic
SkinnableContainer
The SkinnableContainer class is the base class for skinnable containers that have visual content.
Group
The Group class is the base container class for visual elements.
VGroup
HGroup
DataGroup
Basic Components
etc..
TextArea
RichText
TextInput
Slider
Checkbox
Combobox
Button
UIComponent
Composite Components
A component that creates other components or visual objects within it
Most Components you work with are composite
Component Lifecycle
updateDisplayList()
layoutChrome()
measure()
commitProperties()
createChildren()
Basic functionality
Functionality
life cycle management
sizing
positioning
Styling
from StyleSheets
Properties
etc...
id
height/minHeight/maxHeight
width/minWidth/maxWidth
Base Class for all Flex Components
