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Peter Ent

Peter Ent

Adobe

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. States
  3. Adding elements
  4. Expanding list items
Created:
14 October 2008
User Level:
Intermediate
Products:
Flex

Understanding Flex itemRenderers – Part 4: States and transitions

Communicating with the user of your application is what your itemRenderer does best. Sometimes that communication is as simple as presenting a name; sometimes more elaborately using colors; and sometimes with interactivity.

itemEditors are truely interactive controls, but they are not the focus of this article. In these examples I'll demonstrate itemRenderers that change their visual appearance based on either the data itself or the user's actions.

This series includes the following articles:

Requirements

In order to make the most of this article, you need the following software and files:

Flex Builder 3

Prerequisites:

To benefit most from this article, it is best if you are familiar with Flex Builder and ActionScript 3.0.

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About the author

Peter Ent is a Computer Scientist at Adobe, working on the Genesis project. Prior to this, Peter worked for Adobe Customer Care as a Flex Support Engineer and then as a Technical Account Manager. Before joining Adobe, Peter worked in the financial services industry at State Street and Fidelity Investments. He also has experience at two start-ups building software applications doing imaging and molecular modeling. Peter holds a bachelor of science in Computer Science from Syracuse University. Visit Peter's blog.