Hi, I just pushed the changes to get parts of a Flat theme working in FlexJS. This shows one way folks will be able to swap in different component sets and visuals in FlexJS.
First, check out the latest (non-Flat) DataBindingTest demo here: SWF: http://s.apache.org/vaa HTML/JS/CSS: http://s.apache.org/MQT Then, check out the Flat version here: SWF: http://s.apache.org/wna HTML/JS/CSS: http://s.apache.org/pz9 The only difference between the source for the two examples is that the Flat version uses a different MXML namespace that points to the Flat component set in flat.swc, and adds the -theme compiler option to point at that swc. Everything else is the same. The non-Flat version uses components in HTML.swc that mimic the built-in HTML controls. Some visual aspects of built-in HTML controls are not modifiable via CSS. To modify more of the visuals and control the visuals from CSS, heavier, more complex components are required. That’s what is in the flat swc. The flat swc borrows lots of CSS from FlatUI and maps it to a more complex sub-tree of HTML widgets and JavaScript that emulate a fully CSS style-able RadioButton and other controls. A future project is to beef up the CSS support in AS so that, for example, Bootstrap sub-trees can be implemented and styled with CSS directly from FlatUI. Volunteers to do that are welcome. I think this also shows that some other component set can implement sub-trees that accept FXG on the AS side and SVG on the JS side to allow non-styleable vector graphic skinning. You will be able to download a developer build of the compiler and framework behind all of this once Infra fixes our website build system. If you can’t wait, grab the repos. There are, of course bugs and some visual differences that need ironing out. And more components need their visuals cleaned up. Volunteers are welcome. Hope you like it, -Alex
