Question

I want create a drop shadow around the canvas component in flex. Technically speaking it will not be a shadow, as I want it to wrap around the component giving the component a floating look. I may be able to do it with glow, but can anyone drop an line or two who has already done it?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I actually solved it by doing this:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <mx:Canvas xmlns:mx='http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml'          width='780' height='100%' borderStyle='solid' borderColor='gray'             creationComplete='init();' backgroundColor='white'>    <mx:Script>         <![CDATA[             import mx.styles.StyleManager;               private function init():void {                 var glow:GlowFilter = new GlowFilter();                 glow.color = StyleManager.getColorName('gray');                 glow.alpha = 0.8;                 glow.blurX = 4;                 glow.blurY = 4;                 glow.strength = 6;                 glow.quality = BitmapFilterQuality.HIGH;                  this.filters = [glow];             }         ]]>     </mx:Script>    </mx:Canvas>