User Guide

436 Appendix B: XML to UI
Control tag summary for XML to UI dialog boxes
The following XML tags are used to create controls:
<column>
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
<column>
...
child tags
...
</column>
<spacer> Creates a transparent fill space used to arrange controls.
<vbox> Creates a container for items laid out vertically.
Tag Description
<button> Creates a button control.
<checkbox> Creates a check box control.
<choosefile> Creates a file chooser control (this is not part of the XUL standard).
<colorchip> Creates a color picker control (this is not part of the XUL standard).
<flash> Creates a container for an embedded SWF file (this is not part of the XUL
standard).
<label> Creates a text label that can be associated with another control.
<listbox> Creates a list box control to contain <listitem> tags.
<listitem> Creates an individual item in a list box control.
<menulist> Creates a pop-up menu control that contains <menupop> and <menuitem> tags.
<menupop> Creates the pop-up menu in a pop-up menu control; contains <menuitem> tags.
<menuitem> Creates an individual item in a pop-up menu control.
<popupslider> Creates a pop-up slider control (this is not part of the XUL standard).
<property> Creates a custom property in an embedded SWF file; used with the <flash> tag.
<radiogroup> Creates a container for a group of radio button controls.
<radio> Creates a single radio button control. This tag must be used within a
<radiogroup> tag.
<targetlist> Creates a control that lists all instances of a class and lets the user select an
instance.
<textbox> Creates a control that allows the input of text.
Tag Description