In response to Shaun’s comment on the gauge, I have added interactivity to the component so it can now be used to set the value from user interaction. If you click anywhere on the dial (and interactivity is on), the needle will move to that position.

I’m not sure the gauge is really intuitive as an input device, but it’s there anyway, just because I can.

I have been working on a number of other components and applications that I can’t wait to post here, but they need a bit of polish. Hopefully in the next few days I’ll have some brand new stuff to show.

http://www.betterthanflex.com/app/gaugeexplorer/Main.html

Betterthanflex.com is an outlet for Adobe Flex applications and components that I create in my spare time. At the moment I have been interested in creating a set of data visualization components in Flex, and to start things off, I give you my Gauge.

It is a basic needle-style gauge that can display any numeric value you want as a needle position. I have created a panel of controls so that you can interactively check out the effect of changing certain styles/properties. Gauge is still under development, and if you can think of some features you would like to see, bugs to be fixed, or indeed any other data visualization components that you think would be cool, drop me a line at alex [ at ] betterthanflex [ dot ] com.

Feel free to browse the source