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Build the thumbnail view component
According to the following mock-up, the thumbnail view component should display the Flex
Store product catalog as a set of thumbnails with names and prices. The user can select the
thumbnail view by clicking a button at the lower edge of the catalog.
The thumbnail view component will not contain any product data in this tutorial. Another
tutorial describes how to add data (see
on page 58).
In Flex Builder, select File > New.
1.
The New Document dialog box appears.
Select Flex Development in the left pane and MXML Component:Vertical in the right pane,
2.
and then click Create.
The dialog box closes and a component file with a VBox container appears.
With the insertion point still blinking in the VBox container, specify the values for the following
3.
properties in the Attributes panel:
Size > height
Size > width
Styles > verticalGap
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