Flex 4 Spark component Panel - Hide Title Bar
I have used Spark panel to display the object inside a container. The panel and the inside elements are created dynamically. (using ActionScript). I need to remove the title bar of the panel in actionscript. When I tried to remove that, I am unable to hide the same.
Tried below ways.
Used style (classname) and set
headerheight = 0.Override the panel component and used the property
this.titleBar.visible = false.
But not able to hide the titlebar.
I have used Panel spark component and Flash Builder 4.5 for development.
If there is any other way to achieve this, please let me know.
Answer
Your best bet is to create a custom skin and move the title bar pieces from the skin. It was very quick to put together a sample.
This is your custom skin; created as a copy of the PanelSkin with visual elements commented out.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated
All Rights Reserved.
NOTICE: Adobe permits you to use, modify, and distribute this file
in accordance with the terms of the license agreement accompanying it.
-->
<!--- The default skin class for a Spark Panel container.
@see spark.components.Panel
@langversion 3.0
@playerversion Flash 10
@playerversion AIR 1.5
@productversion Flex 4
-->
<s:SparkSkin xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:fb="http://ns.adobe.com/flashbuilder/2009" blendMode="normal" mouseEnabled="false"
minWidth="131" minHeight="127" alpha.disabled="0.5" alpha.disabledWithControlBar="0.5">
<fx:Metadata>
<![CDATA[
/**
* @copy spark.skins.spark.ApplicationSkin#hostComponent
*/
[HostComponent("spark.components.Panel")]
]]>
</fx:Metadata>
<fx:Script fb:purpose="styling">
<![CDATA[
import mx.core.FlexVersion;
/* Define the skin elements that should not be colorized.
For panel, border and title background are skinned, but the content area, background, border, and title text are not. */
static private const exclusions:Array = ["background", "titleDisplay", "contentGroup", "controlBarGroup", "border"];
/* exclusions before Flex 4.5 for backwards-compatibility purposes */
static private const exclusions_4_0:Array = ["background", "titleDisplay", "contentGroup", "controlBarGroup"];
/**
* @private
*/
override public function get colorizeExclusions():Array
{
// Since border is styleable via borderColor, no need to allow chromeColor to affect
// the border. This is wrapped in a compatibility flag since this change was added
// in Flex 4.5
if (FlexVersion.compatibilityVersion < FlexVersion.VERSION_4_5)
{
return exclusions_4_0;
}
return exclusions;
}
/**
* @private
*/
override protected function initializationComplete():void
{
useChromeColor = true;
super.initializationComplete();
}
/**
* @private
*/
override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void
{
if (getStyle("borderVisible") == true)
{
border.visible = true;
background.left = background.top = background.right = background.bottom = 1;
contents.left = contents.top = contents.right = contents.bottom = 1;
}
else
{
border.visible = false;
background.left = background.top = background.right = background.bottom = 0;
contents.left = contents.top = contents.right = contents.bottom = 0;
}
dropShadow.visible = getStyle("dropShadowVisible");
var cr:Number = getStyle("cornerRadius");
var withControls:Boolean =
(currentState == "disabledWithControlBar" ||
currentState == "normalWithControlBar");
if (cornerRadius != cr)
{
cornerRadius = cr;
dropShadow.tlRadius = cornerRadius;
dropShadow.trRadius = cornerRadius;
dropShadow.blRadius = withControls ? cornerRadius : 0;
dropShadow.brRadius = withControls ? cornerRadius : 0;
setPartCornerRadii(topMaskRect, withControls);
setPartCornerRadii(border, withControls);
setPartCornerRadii(background, withControls);
}
if (bottomMaskRect) setPartCornerRadii(bottomMaskRect, withControls);
borderStroke.color = getStyle("borderColor");
borderStroke.alpha = getStyle("borderAlpha");
backgroundFill.color = getStyle("backgroundColor");
backgroundFill.alpha = getStyle("backgroundAlpha");
super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
}
/**
* @private
*/
private function setPartCornerRadii(target:Rect, includeBottom:Boolean):void
{
target.topLeftRadiusX = cornerRadius;
target.topRightRadiusX = cornerRadius;
target.bottomLeftRadiusX = includeBottom ? cornerRadius : 0;
target.bottomRightRadiusX = includeBottom ? cornerRadius : 0;
}
private var cornerRadius:Number;
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:states>
<s:State name="normal" />
<s:State name="disabled" />
<s:State name="normalWithControlBar" stateGroups="withControls" />
<s:State name="disabledWithControlBar" stateGroups="withControls" />
</s:states>
<!-- drop shadow can't be hittable so it stays sibling of other graphics -->
<!--- @private -->
<s:RectangularDropShadow id="dropShadow" blurX="20" blurY="20" alpha="0.32" distance="11"
angle="90" color="#000000" left="0" top="0" right="0" bottom="0"/>
<!-- drop shadow can't be hittable so all other graphics go in this group -->
<s:Group left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0">
<!-- top group mask -->
<!--- @private -->
<s:Group left="1" top="1" right="1" bottom="1" id="topGroupMask" >
<!--- @private -->
<s:Rect id="topMaskRect" left="0" top="0" right="0" bottom="0">
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor alpha="0"/>
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
</s:Group>
<!-- bottom group mask -->
<!--- @private -->
<s:Group left="1" top="1" right="1" bottom="1" id="bottomGroupMask"
includeIn="normalWithControlBar, disabledWithControlBar">
<!--- @private -->
<s:Rect id="bottomMaskRect" left="0" top="0" right="0" bottom="0">
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor alpha="0"/>
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
</s:Group>
<!-- layer 1: border -->
<!--- @private -->
<s:Rect id="border" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0" >
<s:stroke>
<!--- @private -->
<s:SolidColorStroke id="borderStroke" weight="1" />
</s:stroke>
</s:Rect>
<!-- layer 2: background fill -->
<!--- Defines the appearance of the PanelSkin class's background. -->
<s:Rect id="background" left="1" top="1" right="1" bottom="1">
<s:fill>
<!--- @private
Defines the PanelSkin class's background fill. The default color is 0xFFFFFF. -->
<s:SolidColor id="backgroundFill" color="#FFFFFF"/>
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
<!-- layer 3: contents -->
<!--- Contains the vertical stack of titlebar content and controlbar. -->
<s:Group left="1" right="1" top="1" bottom="1" id="contents">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout gap="0" horizontalAlign="justify" />
</s:layout>
<!--- @private -->
<!-- <s:Group id="topGroup" mask="{topGroupMask}">
-->
<!-- layer 0: title bar fill -->
<!--- @private -->
<!-- <s:Rect id="tbFill" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="1">
<s:fill>
<s:LinearGradient rotation="90">
<s:GradientEntry color="0xE2E2E2" />
<s:GradientEntry color="0xD9D9D9" />
</s:LinearGradient>
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
-->
<!-- layer 1: title bar highlight -->
<!--- @private -->
<!-- <s:Rect id="tbHilite" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0">
<s:stroke>
<s:LinearGradientStroke rotation="90" weight="1">
<s:GradientEntry color="0xEAEAEA" />
<s:GradientEntry color="0xD9D9D9" />
</s:LinearGradientStroke>
</s:stroke>
</s:Rect>
-->
<!-- layer 2: title bar divider -->
<!--- @private -->
<!-- <s:Rect id="tbDiv" left="0" right="0" height="1" bottom="0">
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor color="0xC0C0C0" />
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
-->
<!-- layer 3: text -->
<!--- @copy spark.components.Panel#titleDisplay -->
<!-- <s:Label id="titleDisplay" maxDisplayedLines="1"
left="9" right="3" top="1" bottom="0" minHeight="30"
verticalAlign="middle" textAlign="start" fontWeight="bold">
</s:Label>
-->
<!-- </s:Group>
-->
<!--
Note: setting the minimum size to 0 here so that changes to the host component's
size will not be thwarted by this skin part's minimum size. This is a compromise,
more about it here: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-21143
-->
<!--- @copy spark.components.SkinnableContainer#contentGroup -->
<s:Group id="contentGroup" width="100%" height="100%" minWidth="0" minHeight="0">
</s:Group>
<!--- @private -->
<s:Group id="bottomGroup" minWidth="0" minHeight="0"
includeIn="normalWithControlBar, disabledWithControlBar" >
<s:Group left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0" mask="{bottomGroupMask}">
<!-- layer 0: control bar divider line -->
<s:Rect left="0" right="0" top="0" height="1" alpha="0.22">
<s:fill>
<s:SolidColor color="0x000000" />
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
<!-- layer 1: control bar highlight -->
<s:Rect left="0" right="0" top="1" bottom="0">
<s:stroke>
<s:LinearGradientStroke rotation="90" weight="1">
<s:GradientEntry color="0xE5E5E5" />
<s:GradientEntry color="0xD8D8D8" />
</s:LinearGradientStroke>
</s:stroke>
</s:Rect>
<!-- layer 2: control bar fill -->
<s:Rect left="1" right="1" top="2" bottom="1">
<s:fill>
<s:LinearGradient rotation="90">
<s:GradientEntry color="0xDADADA" />
<s:GradientEntry color="0xC5C5C5" />
</s:LinearGradient>
</s:fill>
</s:Rect>
</s:Group>
<!-- layer 3: control bar -->
<!--- @copy spark.components.Panel#controlBarGroup -->
<s:Group id="controlBarGroup" left="0" right="0" top="1" bottom="1" minWidth="0" minHeight="0">
<s:layout>
<s:HorizontalLayout paddingLeft="10" paddingRight="10" paddingTop="7" paddingBottom="7" gap="10" />
</s:layout>
</s:Group>
</s:Group>
</s:Group>
</s:Group>
</s:SparkSkin>
And this is the app:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
<fx:Declarations>
<!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
</fx:Declarations>
<s:VGroup>
<s:Panel />
<s:Panel skinClass="PanelNoTitleBar"/>
</s:VGroup>
</s:WindowedApplication>
The first panel will display the original skin; the second panel displays the custom skin; with no title bar.