Recently I found out about the [Event] meta tag in actionscript 3.
I always thought it was a Flex-only meta tag but that isn’t true.

Because many Flex components are coded in Actionscript only (for performance purposes) you can also use the [Event] meta tags in Actionscript only projects.
Since I am a big fan of code completion and strict typing everything in my code I am certainly adding the following trick to that list.

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Here is an example of how to customize the font (size, style, color) for the two components List and TextField inside the standard ComboBox component:

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