[FLEX-20153] There is no easy way to enable or disable a group of Spark or Halo components by setting them as children of a container

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Fix Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: Spark: General Component
• Environment: Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 13/Jul/09 13:34
• Updated: 15/Apr/11 15:08
• Resolved: 06/Aug/09 13:55

Description

There should be a component that can accept common Spark and Halo components as children and control the enabled state of all of them at once.
Ideally, Group would be able to do this.

One can use a Canvas to easily enable or disable a number of Halo children. E.g.,

<mx:Canvas enabled="

{this.canvasEnabled}

"/>
<mx:Label/>
<mx:Button/>
</mx:Canvas>

Not making an analog in Spark leaves the developer with the chore of binding the enabled state of each component individually, which is a bit tedious.