Andrei Ionescu of FLEX{er} presented a new MXML component called ImageRail. This MXML component displays a series of thumbnails with the capability to scroll them horizontally. While ImageRail has a nice set of features it is fully extendable and is actually encouraged to do so.

Modifiable Parameters Include:

• paths: an array containing URLs to images
• images: an array containing image objects
• imagesToShow: an unsigned integer that specifies the number of images displayed at a time
• imagesGap: an unsigned integer that specifies the gap between images
• passePartout: an unsigned integer that specifies the white padding around each image
• effect: a function that in fact is the easing function (total of 10)
• effectDuration: an unsigned integer that specifies the duration in milliseconds
• height: a number that specifies the height of the component, based on which all others measures are calculated
• width: a number that specifies the width

You can view the component and download the source via

FLEX{er}. This is a nice contribution to the Flex community. Now I just need to figure out how I can use this in an existing or future project. Enjoy!

Update: ImageRail Update: Adding Click Event, Styles And Handcursor

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