# Need help in customizing/skinning components

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-in-customizing-skinning-components/285994>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 8, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-in-customizing-skinning-components/285994 "2009-04-08T16:10:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-in-customizing-skinning-components/285994/1 "2009-04-08T16:10:27Z")

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strange that there isn’t a Flex forum, don’t know where to post this…

I’m just starting out with Flex, and I want to customize a component (a HSlider) to have a gradient colored background that I can dynamically change…  
Same functionality as a normal HSlider, except for the background.  
How should I approach this?