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Packagemx.styles
Interfacepublic interface IStyleManager

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 2.0.1
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The IStyleManager class manages the following:
  • Which CSS style properties the class inherits
  • Which style properties are colors, and therefore get special handling
  • A list of strings that are aliases for color values
This interface was used by Flex 2.0.1. Flex 3 now uses IStyleManager2 instead.

Related API Elements



Public Methods
 MethodDefined By
  
Clears the CSSStyleDeclaration object that stores the rules for the specified CSS selector.
IStyleManager
  
Returns the numeric RGB color value that corresponds to the specified color string.
IStyleManager
  
Converts each element of the colors Array from a color name to a numeric RGB color value.
IStyleManager
  
Gets the CSSStyleDeclaration object that stores the rules for the specified CSS selector.
IStyleManager
  
Tests to see if the given String is an alias for a color value.
IStyleManager
  
Tests to see if a style is inheriting.
IStyleManager
  
Test to see if a TextFormat style is inheriting.
IStyleManager
  
Tests to see if this style affects the component's parent container in such a way as to require that the parent container redraws itself when this style changes.
IStyleManager
  
Tests to see if the style changes the size of the component's parent container.
IStyleManager
  
Tests to see if a style changes the size of a component.
IStyleManager
  
Determines if a specified parameter is a valid style property.
IStyleManager
  
loadStyleDeclarations(url:String, update:Boolean = true, trustContent:Boolean = false, applicationDomain:ApplicationDomain = null, securityDomain:SecurityDomain = null):IEventDispatcher
Loads a style SWF.
IStyleManager
  
registerColorName(colorName:String, colorValue:uint):void
Adds a color name to the list of aliases for colors.
IStyleManager
  
Adds to the list of styles that can inherit values from their parents.
IStyleManager
  
Adds to the list of styles which may affect the appearance or layout of the component's parent container.
IStyleManager
  
Adds to the list of styles which may affect the measured size of the component's parent container.
IStyleManager
  
Adds to the list of styles which may affect the measured size of the component.
IStyleManager
  
setStyleDeclaration(selector:String, styleDeclaration:CSSStyleDeclaration, update:Boolean):void
Sets the CSSStyleDeclaration object that stores the rules for the specified CSS selector.
IStyleManager
  
Unloads a style SWF.
IStyleManager
Method Detail

clearStyleDeclaration

()method
public function clearStyleDeclaration(selector:String, update:Boolean):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Clears the CSSStyleDeclaration object that stores the rules for the specified CSS selector.

If the specified selector is a class selector (for example, ".bigMargins" or ".myStyle"), you must be sure to start the selector property with a period (.).

If the specified selector is a type selector (for example, "Button"), do not start the selector property with a period.

The global selector is similar to a type selector and does not start with a period.

Parameters

selector:String — The name of the CSS selector to clear.
 
update:Boolean — Set to true to force an immediate update of the styles. Set to false to avoid an immediate update of the styles in the application. For more information about this method, see the description in the setStyleDeclaration() method.

Related API Elements

getColorName

()method 
public function getColorName(colorName:Object):uint

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Returns the numeric RGB color value that corresponds to the specified color string. The color string can be either a case-insensitive color name such as "red", "Blue", or "haloGreen", a hexadecimal value such as 0xFF0000, or a #-hexadecimal String such as "#FF0000".

This method returns a uint, such as 4521830, that represents a color. You can convert this uint to a hexadecimal value by passing the numeric base (in this case, 16), to the uint class's toString() method, as the following example shows:

      import mx.styles.StyleManager;
      private function getNewColorName():void {
          StyleManager.registerColorName("soylentGreen",0x44FF66);
          trace(StyleManager.getColorName("soylentGreen").toString(16));
      }
      

Parameters

colorName:Object — The color name.

Returns
uint — Returns a uint that represents the color value or NOT_A_COLOR if the value of the colorName property is not an alias for a color.

getColorNames

()method 
public function getColorNames(colors:Array):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Converts each element of the colors Array from a color name to a numeric RGB color value. Each color String can be either a case-insensitive color name such as "red", "Blue", or "haloGreen", a hexadecimal value such as 0xFF0000, or a #-hexadecimal String such as "#FF0000"..

Parameters

colors:Array — An Array of color names.

getStyleDeclaration

()method 
public function getStyleDeclaration(selector:String):CSSStyleDeclaration

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Gets the CSSStyleDeclaration object that stores the rules for the specified CSS selector.

If the selector parameter starts with a period (.), the returned CSSStyleDeclaration is a class selector and applies only to those instances whose styleName property specifies that selector (not including the period). For example, the class selector ".bigMargins" applies to any UIComponent whose styleName is "bigMargins".

If the selector parameter does not start with a period, the returned CSSStyleDeclaration is a type selector and applies to all instances of that type. For example, the type selector "Button" applies to all instances of Button and its subclasses.

The global selector is similar to a type selector and does not start with a period.

Parameters

selector:String — The name of the CSS selector.

Returns
CSSStyleDeclaration — The style declaration whose name matches the selector property.

isColorName

()method 
public function isColorName(colorName:String):Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Tests to see if the given String is an alias for a color value. For example, by default, the String "blue" is an alias for 0x0000FF.

Parameters

colorName:String — The color name to test. This parameter is not case-sensitive.

Returns
Boolean — Returns true if colorName is an alias for a color.

isInheritingStyle

()method 
public function isInheritingStyle(styleName:String):Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Tests to see if a style is inheriting.

Parameters

styleName:String — The name of the style that you test to see if it is inheriting.

Returns
Boolean — Returns true if the specified style is inheriting.

isInheritingTextFormatStyle

()method 
public function isInheritingTextFormatStyle(styleName:String):Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Test to see if a TextFormat style is inheriting.

Parameters

styleName:String — The name of the style that you test to see if it is inheriting.

Returns
Boolean — Returns true if the specified TextFormat style is inheriting.

isParentDisplayListInvalidatingStyle

()method 
public function isParentDisplayListInvalidatingStyle(styleName:String):Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Tests to see if this style affects the component's parent container in such a way as to require that the parent container redraws itself when this style changes.

When one of these styles is set with setStyle(), the invalidateDisplayList() method is auomatically called on the component's parent container to make it redraw and/or relayout its children.

Parameters

styleName:String — The name of the style to test.

Returns
Boolean — Returns true if the specified style is one which may affect the appearance or layout of the component's parent container.

isParentSizeInvalidatingStyle

()method 
public function isParentSizeInvalidatingStyle(styleName:String):Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Tests to see if the style changes the size of the component's parent container.

When one of these styles is set with setStyle(), the invalidateSize() method is automatically called on the component's parent container to make its measured size get recalculated later.

Parameters

styleName:String — The name of the style to test.

Returns
Boolean — Returns true if the specified style is one which may affect the measured size of the component's parent container.

isSizeInvalidatingStyle

()method 
public function isSizeInvalidatingStyle(styleName:String):Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Tests to see if a style changes the size of a component.

When one of these styles is set with the setStyle() method, the invalidateSize() method is automatically called on the component to make its measured size get recalculated later.

Parameters

styleName:String — The name of the style to test.

Returns
Boolean — Returns true if the specified style is one which may affect the measured size of the component.

isValidStyleValue

()method 
public function isValidStyleValue(value:*):Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Determines if a specified parameter is a valid style property. For example:

      trace(StyleManager.isValidStyleValue(myButton.getStyle("color")).toString());
      

This can be useful because some styles can be set to values such as 0, NaN, the empty String (""), or null, which can cause an if (value) test to fail.

Parameters

value:* — The style property to test.

Returns
Boolean — If you pass the value returned by a getStyle() method call to this method, it returns true if the style was set and false if it was not set.

loadStyleDeclarations

()method 
public function loadStyleDeclarations(url:String, update:Boolean = true, trustContent:Boolean = false, applicationDomain:ApplicationDomain = null, securityDomain:SecurityDomain = null):IEventDispatcher

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 4
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Loads a style SWF.

Parameters

url:String — Location of the style SWF.
 
update:Boolean (default = true) — Set to true to force an immediate update of the styles. Set to false to avoid an immediate update of the styles in the application. This parameter is optional and defaults to true For more information about this parameter, see the description in the setStyleDeclaration() method.
 
trustContent:Boolean (default = false) — Obsolete, no longer used. This parameter is optional and defaults to false.
 
applicationDomain:ApplicationDomain (default = null) — The ApplicationDomain passed to the load() method of the IModuleInfo that loads the style SWF. This parameter is optional and defaults to null.
 
securityDomain:SecurityDomain (default = null) — The SecurityDomain passed to the load() method of the IModuleInfo that loads the style SWF. This parameter is optional and defaults to null.

Returns
IEventDispatcher — An IEventDispatcher implementation that supports StyleEvent.PROGRESS, StyleEvent.COMPLETE, and StyleEvent.ERROR.

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registerColorName

()method 
public function registerColorName(colorName:String, colorValue:uint):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Adds a color name to the list of aliases for colors.

Parameters

colorName:String — The name of the color to add to the list; for example, "blue". If you later access this color name, the value is not case-sensitive.
 
colorValue:uint — Color value, for example, 0x0000FF.

registerInheritingStyle

()method 
public function registerInheritingStyle(styleName:String):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Adds to the list of styles that can inherit values from their parents.

Note: Ensure that you avoid using duplicate style names, as name collisions can result in decreased performance if a style that is already used becomes inheriting.

Parameters

styleName:String — The name of the style that is added to the list of styles that can inherit values.

registerParentDisplayListInvalidatingStyle

()method 
public function registerParentDisplayListInvalidatingStyle(styleName:String):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Adds to the list of styles which may affect the appearance or layout of the component's parent container. When one of these styles is set with setStyle(), the invalidateDisplayList() method is auomatically called on the component's parent container to make it redraw and/or relayout its children.

Parameters

styleName:String — The name of the style to register.

registerParentSizeInvalidatingStyle

()method 
public function registerParentSizeInvalidatingStyle(styleName:String):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Adds to the list of styles which may affect the measured size of the component's parent container.

When one of these styles is set with setStyle(), the invalidateSize() method is automatically called on the component's parent container to make its measured size get recalculated later.

Parameters

styleName:String — The name of the style to register.

registerSizeInvalidatingStyle

()method 
public function registerSizeInvalidatingStyle(styleName:String):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Adds to the list of styles which may affect the measured size of the component. When one of these styles is set with setStyle(), the invalidateSize() method is automatically called on the component to make its measured size get recalculated later.

Parameters

styleName:String — The name of the style that you add to the list.

setStyleDeclaration

()method 
public function setStyleDeclaration(selector:String, styleDeclaration:CSSStyleDeclaration, update:Boolean):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Sets the CSSStyleDeclaration object that stores the rules for the specified CSS selector.

If the selector parameter starts with a period (.), the specified selector is a "class selector" and applies only to those instances whose styleName property specifies that selector (not including the period). For example, the class selector ".bigMargins" applies to any UIComponent whose styleName is "bigMargins".

If the selector parameter does not start with a period, the specified selector is a "type selector" and applies to all instances of that type. For example, the type selector "Button" applies to all instances of Button and its subclasses.

The global selector is similar to a type selector and does not start with a period.

Parameters

selector:String — The name of the CSS selector.
 
styleDeclaration:CSSStyleDeclaration — The new style declaration.
 
update:Boolean — Set to true to force an immediate update of the styles; internally, Flex calls the styleChanged() method of UIComponent. Set to false to avoid an immediate update of the styles in the application.

The styles will be updated the next time one of the following methods is called with the update property set to true:

  • clearStyleDeclaration()
  • loadStyleDeclarations()
  • setStyleDeclaration()
  • unloadStyleDeclarations()

Typically, if you call the one of these methods multiple times, you set this property to true only on the last call, so that Flex does not call the styleChanged() method multiple times.

If you call the getStyle() method, Flex returns the style value that was last applied to the UIComponent through a call to the styleChanged() method. The component's appearance might not reflect the value returned by the getStyle() method. This occurs because one of these style declaration methods might not yet have been called with the update property set to true.

unloadStyleDeclarations

()method 
public function unloadStyleDeclarations(url:String, update:Boolean = true):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Unloads a style SWF.

Parameters

url:String — Location of the style SWF.
 
update:Boolean (default = true) — Set to true to force an immediate update of the styles. Set to false to avoid an immediate update of the styles in the application. For more information about this method, see the description in the setStyleDeclaration() method.

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