[FLEX-21303] Rename s:Border component

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: Spark: BorderContainer
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 25/Sep/09 13:22
• Updated: 15/Apr/11 15:04
• Resolved: 10/Mar/11 09:30

Description

Steps to reproduce:
s:Border is really just a bad name for the one "basic" container that can easily be skinned. Out of these seemingly similar components:
• SkinnableContainer
• Border
• Group
• HGroup
• Vgroup

... s:Border is the only one that you can do even the most basic styling on: namely backgroundColor, border. Even a skinnableComponent is not easily skinnable. See http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FB-23212 if you want to see why. Group, Hgroup, and Vgroup can't get a backgroundColor or a border.

Border is no more important here than background color. It's the component I use if I just want a basic container with a background color. Sure, I could use s:Rect if I really know what I'm doing, but most people won't. They will browse through the Components Panel in Flash Builder until they finally discover that the thing called s:Border is what they need to do what they want to create a background color.

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