Buttons are important for user interaction, so they are part of almost every interactive composition. In the first part of this episode you will learn how to easily create reusable multistate button components that can be used across projects. The second part uses these button components to create a slideshow - with a self generating, dynamic navigation.

In this tutorial, Adobe Community Professional Tom Green shows how to create a basic interactive button for use within a functional Flash Catalyst interface.

See how to create a multipart scroll bar component that has a track, thumb, and buttons. Create the skin for the scroll bar and then tell Flash Catalyst which elements in the skin act as the various parts of the scroll bar component.

Discover the building blocks that you use to create buttons, sliders, data lists, and so on in Flash Catalyst. This video shows you how to use prefabricated components, or create your own by converting existing artwork.

Create button components in Flash Catalyst CS5.5 to allow for navigation between the different pages and states of the photo gallery RIA.

Create button components in Flash Catalyst CS5.5 to allow for navigation between the different pages and states of the photo gallery RIA.

Using skins can provide versatility and an ease to customizing components. In this video, Renaun Erickson shows how to create both an image-based Button and a ToggleButton through Flex 4 skinning.

Create button components in Flash Catalyst to allow for navigation between the different pages and states of the photo gallery RIA.

Once you’ve brought artwork into Flash Catalyst, you’re ready to start defining the components that will add interactivity to a project. In this movie, learn how to create button components from Illustrator art and edit a button’s appearance.

From start to finish learn how to create a basic button component in Flash Catalyst.