StyleManager
The StyleManager class in the mx.styles package is responsible for
managing Styles for a Flex application.
The StyleManager 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
Because there needs to be only one instance of a StyleManager for an application,
its functionality is provided via static functions (and you'll never need to create
your own instance).
Loading Style Sheets
The loadStyleDeclarations() method is asynchronous, so it returns an instance of an
EventDispatcher to monitor its progress.
You can use this object to trigger events based on the progress of the style sheet's loading.
You have access to the StyleEvent.PROGRESS, StyleEvent.COMPLETE, and StyleEvent.ERROR
events during the loading process.
The following example shows how to monitor the loading of a style sheet:
// start the asynchrounous loading of the style sheet var styleEvents:IEventDispatcher = StyleManager.loadStyleDeclarations( "../assets/Styles.swf" ); // register event listeners to monitor progress styleEvents.addEventListener( StyleEvent.PROGRESS, updateStyleProgress ); styleEvents.addEventListener( StyleEvent.COMPLETE, updateStyleProgress ); styleEvents.addEventListener( StyleEvent.ERROR, updateStyleProgress ); ... public function updateStyleProgress( styleEvent:StyleEvent ):void { // ... }
Check out the Style Manager API Documentation for more information...