[FLEX-20386] It should be easier to globally style datatips without needing to reskin several components

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: Spark: Slider
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 29/Jul/09 12:36
• Updated: 15/Apr/11 15:09
• Resolved: 24/Aug/09 21:38

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a Flex app and try and customize the datatip for the Spark HSlider and VSlider.

Actual Results:
You need to reskin both the HSlider and VSlider control and maintain the datatip formatting in 2 places, which makes it difficult to change, and can lead to inconsistencies.

Expected Results:
It should be easier.

Workaround (if any):
Create a custom Spark HSlider and VSlider skin which moves the datatip into an external file. That way you only need to change the datatip code in 1 place instead of 2+. Plus, if we made the <s:DataTip> a new component, it may be easier to style the datatip using CSS instead of having to reskin.