Changing the background color of a disabled List control in Flex
Problem
You want to change the background color of a Flex List control when its enabled property is set to false.
Solution
The following example shows how you can customize the background color of a disabled Flex List control by setting the backgroundDisabledColor style.
Detailed explanation
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/07/17/changing-the-background-color-of-a-disabled-list-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="vertical"
verticalAlign="middle"
backgroundColor="white">
<mx:Array id="arr">
<mx:Object label="One" />
<mx:Object label="Two" />
<mx:Object label="Three" />
<mx:Object label="Four" />
<mx:Object label="Five" />
<mx:Object label="Six" />
<mx:Object label="Seven" />
<mx:Object label="Eight" />
<mx:Object label="Nine" />
<mx:Object label="Ten" />
</mx:Array>
<mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
<mx:Form styleName="plain">
<mx:FormItem label="enabled:">
<mx:CheckBox id="checkBox"
selected="true" />
</mx:FormItem>
<mx:FormItem label="backgroundDisabledColor:">
<mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker"
selectedColor="0xDDDDDD" />
</mx:FormItem>
</mx:Form>
</mx:ApplicationControlBar>
<mx:List id="list"
dataProvider="{arr}"
enabled="{checkBox.selected}"
width="200"
backgroundDisabledColor="{colorPicker.selectedColor}" />
</mx:Application>
For more information, see "Changing the background color of a disabled List control in Flex" at FlexExamples.com.
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