Problem
You want to enable year navigation to a DateChooser control in Flex.
Solution
The following example shows how you can toggle year-based navigation on a Flex DateChooser control by setting the yearNavigationEnabled property in MXML and ActionScript.
Detailed explanation
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/07/24/toggling-year-navigation-on-a-datechooser-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="vertical"
verticalAlign="top"
backgroundColor="white">
<mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
<mx:Form styleName="plain">
<mx:FormItem label="yearNavigationEnabled:">
<mx:CheckBox id="checkBox" />
</mx:FormItem>
</mx:Form>
</mx:ApplicationControlBar>
<mx:DateChooser id="dateChooser"
yearNavigationEnabled="{checkBox.selected}" />
</mx:Application>
You can also set the yearNavigationEnabled property using ActionScript, as seen in the following example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/07/24/toggling-year-navigation-on-a-datechooser-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="vertical"
verticalAlign="top"
backgroundColor="white">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
private function checkBox_change(evt:Event):void {
dateChooser.yearNavigationEnabled = checkBox.selected;
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
<mx:Form styleName="plain">
<mx:FormItem label="yearNavigationEnabled:">
<mx:CheckBox id="checkBox"
change="checkBox_change(event);" />
</mx:FormItem>
</mx:Form>
</mx:ApplicationControlBar>
<mx:DateChooser id="dateChooser" />
</mx:Application>For more information, see "Toggling year navigation on a DateChooser control in Flex" on FlexExamples.com.
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