Components

Changing component appearance

It is possible to change look of all components at once by changing the "global format".

• Install several various components on the stage – check box, radio button, list. Also add PushButton from the Components panel
• Enter the following code in the first frame

  
     globalStyleFormat.textFont = "Helvetica";
     globalStyleFormat.textColor = 0x4E018D;
     globalStyleFormat.background = 0xE9D8FC;
     globalStyleFormat.highlight= 0xFCD8EB;
     globalStyleFormat.selection = 0x7C01E2;
     globalStyleFormat.highlight3D= 0xFCD8EB;
     globalStyleFormat.darkshadow = 0x7231A8;
     globalStyleFormat.shadow = 0xD0AEBA;
     globalStyleFormat.face = 0xECDDE2;
      globalStyleFormat.textSize=11;
  
     globalStyleFormat.applyChanges();
     
    
  
  

• Change properties of globalStyleFormat object - pick the nice font from available on your computer, find a good color scheme
• Be aware that Flash components are "heavyweight" if compare to simple text fields and buttons. They load longer and are bigger in size

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