myText._width = 1; myText.autoSize = true; ?? Charles P.
On 2/7/06, Corban Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey guys just a quick question about creating dynamic text fields. > I am working on a horizontal scrolling menu that uses xml to store url's > and website titles that will be used to create a menu. > Below is example XML. > > <websites> > <link title="Google" url=http://www.google.com /> > <link title ="MSN" url=http://www.msn.com /> > <link title ="Yahoo" url=http://www.yahoo.com /> > etc.... > </websites> > > What I want to do is place the "title" in a dynamic text field and create > a button around that text field. > Problem is I need to determine the width of the text field by the length > of the string so the buttons can vary in size. > Cause "google" is a lot longer than "MSN" etc.. > > |___|_title_|___| - Example button.. the blank area would be extend area > for the hit state. > > So is there a way to adjust the text field width to the length of the > string? > I hope this makes enough sense to get the question answered. > If you need more help let me know and I will put together some kind of a > test to show. > I have tried but not really getting the results I want. Thanks all! > > > Corban Baxter |rich media designer |www.funimation.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >
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