Problem
Google is your best friend but ... sometimes it takes me hours to search for a simple Flex component.
Solution
I'll reduce your pain ... here is the summary of Flex components I've encountered so far. Please add on if you find any other useful components.
Detailed explanation
Auto Complete
The first site I looked for this component is Adobe Flex Component website, but unfortunately, the Adobe Component has not been updated for Flex 3. I came across another component which works well with Flex 3.
Disabled Icon without Icon
http://www.bealearts.co.uk/blog/2007/07/29/automatic-disabled-icon-with-flex-button-control/
It's amazing! Once you set icon for your button component, you don't need to specify the disabled icon for it, as the disabled state will reduce the alpha to some number which you can see it's exactly what you expected
Word Wrapping Button's label
Looks like something trivial but not available in Flex. Alex posted another wonderful tips to make this possible
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2007/04/multiline_buttons.html
All about ItemRenderer
I found Alex's blog very useful as a bag of tricks, you definitely learn a lot from his blog. One of my favorite among his posts is the one about itemRenderer. Hope you find it useful, too.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2007/03/thinking_about_item_renderers_1.html
Spinner
Very useful component if you want to have a loader icon for you Flex application.
Updated on Nov 27 2008 by herbat
Grip Component
Just wondering why HDividerBox and VDividerBox doesn't have such obvious functionality ... Don't worry, you can have an alternative here.
Updated on June 2010
Tree in Combobox
Nice and clean implementation to have Tree as a dropdown in Combobox. You might want to change abit to fit your needs.
I'll keep this post updated with the most components that I've been using for my Flex project. And if you find any, please post here, too.
