Comments on: Yahoo! and Flex: Feel Good In Your Own Skin http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/ News and Articles on Yahoo! Flash Components and Libraries Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:05:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Bruce http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-20276 Bruce Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:57:43 +0000 http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-20276 I've read Doug McCune's comments on the subject and I have to agree. Whoever called this "functioning as expected" needs to have his head examined. Doug's comments were a bit more . . . strident. I am working around it, though. I've created a Flash style (a swc) and I've applied the style to my project. With the style applied, I then move my components on my panels around to account for the spacing problem, which leaves the problem just with alerts. My solution to alerts is to put a newline escape character at the beginning of every Alert, which moves the text of the alert down. This is a WAY cheesy way to get around the problem, but it does work and it looks OK. Of course, I've created a programmatic solution to a style problem so if I were to remove my style, I'd have to go undo all the work I did to make it work. I'll live with it, though. I’ve read Doug McCune’s comments on the subject and I have to agree. Whoever called this “functioning as expected” needs to have his head examined. Doug’s comments were a bit more . . . strident.

I am working around it, though. I’ve created a Flash style (a swc) and I’ve applied the style to my project. With the style applied, I then move my components on my panels around to account for the spacing problem, which leaves the problem just with alerts.

My solution to alerts is to put a newline escape character at the beginning of every Alert, which moves the text of the alert down. This is a WAY cheesy way to get around the problem, but it does work and it looks OK.

Of course, I’ve created a programmatic solution to a style problem so if I were to remove my style, I’d have to go undo all the work I did to make it work. I’ll live with it, though.

]]> By: Kryten http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-17926 Kryten Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:48:44 +0000 http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-17926 I got the same problem as you with this skin and the Panel, I don't like the idea of removing the borderSkin because I found it pretty. It's quite strange that when I compile my project with command line it works but when I compile it through flex builder it doesn't. Any one found the solution? I got the same problem as you with this skin and the Panel, I don’t like the idea of removing the borderSkin because I found it pretty.

It’s quite strange that when I compile my project with command line it works but when I compile it through flex builder it doesn’t.

Any one found the solution?

]]> By: LordAlex Leon - Yahoo Creates it’s own Flex Component Skin http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-15271 LordAlex Leon - Yahoo Creates it’s own Flex Component Skin Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:10:45 +0000 http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-15271 [...] The Flash UI Gurus at Yahoo decided to create their own Flex components skin, as they considered the default component skin to be a little too utilitarian, laking a little visual appeal and shiny disposition.  Well, they decided to take matters in their own hands and created a spanking new Flex component skin, that looks great I might add. In my opinion halo (default flex theme) still looks cool, but is only natural that it losses it’s shine as time goes on. To read the original article via the Yahoo! Flash Blog click here [...] […] The Flash UI Gurus at Yahoo decided to create their own Flex components skin, as they considered the default component skin to be a little too utilitarian, laking a little visual appeal and shiny disposition.  Well, they decided to take matters in their own hands and created a spanking new Flex component skin, that looks great I might add. In my opinion halo (default flex theme) still looks cool, but is only natural that it losses it’s shine as time goes on. To read the original article via the Yahoo! Flash Blog click here […]

]]> By: The Flash Art of War » Blog Archive » Nice Flex Site http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-10914 The Flash Art of War » Blog Archive » Nice Flex Site Sun, 11 May 2008 17:05:11 +0000 http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-10914 [...] Myles he pointed me out to a few resources that have “skined” UI components for Flex. This one from Yahoo looks like what Grooveshark based their design off of. Here is another link to some more [...] […] Myles he pointed me out to a few resources that have “skined” UI components for Flex. This one from Yahoo looks like what Grooveshark based their design off of. Here is another link to some more […]

]]> By: Kevin F. http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-10339 Kevin F. Mon, 05 May 2008 15:35:30 +0000 http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-10339 I was able to get this skin to work decently in Flex 3 by commenting-out the borderSkin line under the Panel declarations in yflexskin.css. It takes it back to the default panel border but I can live with that for now. I was able to get this skin to work decently in Flex 3 by commenting-out the borderSkin line under the Panel declarations in yflexskin.css. It takes it back to the default panel border but I can live with that for now.

]]> By: san http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-9314 san Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:08:08 +0000 http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-9314 Hi, Also having problems using this skin with Flex 3. The Alert box looks very weird. The alert message overlaps the title for instance. Also having similar problems with the Panels? Is it a problem with the scale-9 grid? Please suggest how to rectify this? Kind Regards, San Hi,
Also having problems using this skin with Flex 3. The Alert box looks very weird. The alert message overlaps the title for instance. Also having similar problems with the Panels?

Is it a problem with the scale-9 grid? Please suggest how to rectify this?

Kind Regards,
San

]]> By: Chris http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-7995 Chris Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:04:19 +0000 http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-7995 Anyone else finding mx:Panel titles with this Yahoo! skin (Flex 3) are not appearing right? The background color gets cut off and the content of the panel gets pushed up *into* the panel title/header area. Anyone else finding mx:Panel titles with this Yahoo! skin (Flex 3) are not appearing right? The background color gets cut off and the content of the panel gets pushed up *into* the panel title/header area.

]]> By: Tom Esposito http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-6484 Tom Esposito Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:24:04 +0000 http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-6484 Just installed AIR 1.0 and the Alert boxes don't work correctly. Seems like an issue with the inherited Panel styles. Just installed AIR 1.0 and the Alert boxes don’t work correctly. Seems like an issue with the inherited Panel styles.

]]> By: Dmitry http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-5583 Dmitry Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:08:11 +0000 http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-5583 Nice skin! Thank you and go on! Nice skin! Thank you and go on!

]]> By: bob http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-5506 bob Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:01:41 +0000 http://www.yswfblog.com/blog/2007/12/13/yahoo-and-flex-feel-good-in-your-own-skin/#comment-5506 yeah, animations are not working right in flex 3 beta 3, please help. yeah, animations are not working right in flex 3 beta 3, please help.

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