Flex - Form Controls

Form controls allow the users to input data and provides them interaction capability with the application. Every Form UI controls and inherits properties from UIComponent class which in turn inherits properties from EventDispatcher and other top level classes.

Sr.No	Control & Description
1	Flex EventDispatcher Class The EventDispatcher class is the base class for all classes that can dispatch events. The EventDispatcher class allows any object on the display list to be an event target and as such, to use the methods of the IEventDispatcher interface.
2	Flex UIComponent The UIComponent class is the base class for all visual components, both interactive and noninteractive.

Form Controls

Following are few important Form Controls −

Sr.No	Control & Description
1	Button The Button component is a commonly used rectangular button.
2	ToggleButton The ToggleButton component defines a toggle button.
3	CheckBox The CheckBox component consists of an optional label and a small box that can contain a check mark or not.
4	ColorPicker The ColorPicker control provides a way for a user to choose a color from a swatch list.
5	ComboBox The ComboBox control is a child class of the DropDownListBase control.
6	DateChooser The DateChooser control displays the name of a month, the year, and a grid of the days of the month, with columns labeled for the day of the week.
7	RadioButton The RadioButton component allows the user make a single choice within a set of mutually exclusive choices.
8	TextArea TextArea is a text-entry control that lets users enter and edit multiple lines of formatted text.
9	TextInput TextInput is a text-entry control that lets users enter and edit a single line of uniformly-formatted text.
10	DropDownList The DropDownList control contains a drop-down list from which the user can select a single value.
11	NumericStepper The NumericStepper control lets you select a number from an ordered set.