One big improvement in is that fonts no longer need to be embedded in order to rotate text or alter it’s alpha. Below is a simple example demonstrating both of these features by using the Rotate and Fade effects in Flex 4.
[flash /wp-content/uploads/2008/09/rotate_and_fade.swf]
Check out how simple the code is below!
TestRotate.mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"> <Declarations> <Rotate id="r" target="{btn}" angleTo="360" /> <Fade id="a" target="{btnAlpha}" alphaFrom="1" alphaTo="0" duration="3000" /> </Declarations> <VGroup horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"> <Button id="btn" click="r.play()" label="Rotate This" /> <Button id="btnAlpha" click="a.play()" label="Fade This" /> </VGroup> </Application>
Some changes to Gumbo since I’ve last posted:
- Non visual items must go in a
Declarationsblock () - There are now
HGroupandVGroupconvenience classes so you can save some typing by not specifying the layout property
I hope everyone’s enjoying their Gumbo!
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Hi. I’m trying this example with flash 10 and the last flex 4 release and rotation works as in flex 3 (text dissapears). Can you check this? Any suggestions?
Hm, I recompiled and go the same result. It did work for the fade, but disappeared in the rotate.
The APIs and text engine SWCs have changed recently, so maybe it will come back in or I need to specify a new attribute. Note this isn’t rotating around the center by default anymore either.