| Flex 2 Developer's Guide > Flex Programming Topics > Using View States | |||
View states let you vary the content and appearance of a component, typically in response to a user action. To use view states, you define the base view state of a component, and one or more additional view states that specify modifications to the base view state.
This topic describes how to control component or application display by using view states. It does not describe how to apply transitions, which control how the application behaves while it changes from one view state to another. For information on transitions, see Using Transitions.
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