[FLEX-15619] Cannot set several Gumbo skin state properties/styles at runtime when they use new states syntax

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: Spark: SkinnableComponent
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 09/Sep/08 17:15
• Updated: 15/Apr/11 15:34
• Resolved: 26/May/09 11:33

Description

This happens with several skins, but

Steps to reproduce:
1. In build 4.0.0.3154, the TextInputSkin (frameworks/projects/flex4/src/flex/skin/TextInputSkin.mxml) is as follows:
<Skin xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009">

<Metadata>
[HostComponent("flex.component.TextInput")]
</Metadata>

<states>
<State name="enabled"/>
<State name="disabled"/>
</states>

<Rect left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0">
<stroke>
<SolidColorStroke color="0x5380D0" color.disabled="0xA9C0E8"/>
</stroke>
<fill>
<SolidColor color="0xFFFFFF"/>
</fill>
</Rect>

<TextView id="textView" text="

{hostComponent.text}

"
left="1" right="1" top="1" bottom="1"
fontFamily="Arial" fontSize="12"
color="0x2B4381" color.disabled="0x95A1C0"
paddingLeft="4" paddingTop="4"
paddingRight="4" paddingBottom="4"/>

</Skin>

Actual Results:
There isnt a way to dynamically set the disabled font color or TextInput control background color.
You cannot set values at runtime for the new states syntax (for color.disabled).

Expected Results:
Should be easier to set properties dynamically when they use the new states syntax.

Workaround (if any):
Create a new skin and override any styles/properties which use the states syntax (for example, the <SolidStrokeColor color.disabled /> and <TextView color.disabled /> in the example above).