After my custom components FadingTextInput and FadingInjector, here is now a Flex custom effect offering similar possibilities. I called it EditInPlaceEffect.

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Apply the fading background color effect available in my Flex FadingTextInput in any UIComponent by injecting it using FadingInjector (post updated following a comment from João).

FadingTextInput is a Flex custom component based on TextInput that provides a background color fading effect when its content is modified.

I recently faced a Flex Error 1000: Ambiguous Reference to that puzzled me, I thought I’d share what was the issue and how to workaround it.

This error was raised by the compiler when I attempted to use a property for which I had defined a public getter together with a protected setter.

Using public::myProperty or protected::myProperty fixed the problem!

Here are a few options to develop Flex Custom Components that are really flexible.

In addition to allow styling options, a really flexible component should allow other developers to change and customize its behavior to accommodate their own specific needs with as less as possible additional efforts. OOP, Design Pattern, SDK secrets: make your choice!