Basic Inheritance for style
<?xml version="1.0"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"> <mx:Style> @namespace mx "http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; mx|VBox { color:blue } </mx:Style> <mx:VBox width="500" height="200"> <mx:Label text="This is a label"/> <mx:Button label="Click Me"/> </mx:VBox> </mx:Application>