How to create a vertical button in Flex 3.

Question

I'd like to create a button that is basically a rotated 90's so that it is in effect a vertically aligned button. So that the the text is like that of a book spine.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You need to set the rotation property of the button... so the mxml would be something like:

<mx:Button id="myButton" label="CLICK ME"  rotation="90" />

Edit

As a side note you will probably need to embed the font you are using if you want the text to be visible after the component has been rotated

Answer 2

And how do we embed the the font in a button for the text to be visible. I tried embedding the font but the text is still invisible. Could you please post some sample code that works right in vertical mode?

I'll be very thankful