Comments on: Adding a background color to a spark Group

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:07:03 +0000

Thanks. Brand new to Flash Builder and still getting used to layouts. This helped a lot.

By: subash

subash — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:21:10 +0000

Thank you very much. This stuff safed my life

By: DB Conner

DB Conner — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:57:31 +0000

Another generalized takeaway from this- when you are looking for something in spark classes … it just may not be there yet. Check mx.

Again, Great post.

By: DB Conner

DB Conner — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:01:18 +0000

I thought I was going crazy for a minute there… So easy a caveman could do it.

THANKS!

By: anon

anon — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:21:58 +0000

thx!

By: Steven Shongrunden

Steven Shongrunden — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:20:58 +0000

@prakash – Here is an example in ActionScript:

import mx.graphics.SolidColor;
import spark.components.Group;
import spark.primitives.Rect;

public function addGroup():void {
var g:Group = new Group();
var bg:Rect = new Rect();
bg.fill = new SolidColor(0xFF0000);
bg.left = 0;
bg.right = 0;
bg.top = 0;
bg.bottom = 0;
g.addElement(bg);
addElement(g);

// now add your elements to the Group
g.addElement(other element);
}

By: prakash

prakash — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:46:56 +0000

Hi,

How can this be done from AS. i have created a vgroup in AS and i want to set background to it. kindly help in adding background image for the same.

Regards,
Prakash

By: increpare

increpare — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:39:52 +0000

thanks for this
<3

By: Vamsi

Vamsi — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:59:04 +0000

Its better to use this way, as bordercontaienr is bit heavy when compared to group + Rect

By: felix

felix — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:24:09 +0000

Or use a ‘BorderContainer’ instead of a group and specify the ‘backgroundColor’.