Also, there is a method "measureText()" in the container, by which you can actually get the width of the text and then you can use appropriate approximations to size in your control.
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Vaibhav Seth <[email protected]>wrote: > Choose your container to be TIle and use repeater to render the checkbox > > > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Geet.Kartikeya > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Greetings!! >> >> >> I'm wondering how to dynamically position something on a canvas. I >> couldn't seem to find any resources on this when I used Google, so I >> apologise in advance if this topic has been kicked into the ground. To >> give an example, consider the following: >> >> >> >> I have a canvas thats 100 in width; we'll call this canvas "myCanvas". >> >> >> >> I have items coming out of my database which create checkboxes. Each >> checkbox has a description (the label field of the checkbox), and >> these vary in length (e.g. the first item might have a label thats 23 >> characters in length, the second may have a label thats 50). I'm >> currently accessing the length of the label by using >> "myCheckbox.label.length". >> >> >> >> So to recap, we have "myCanvas", and many "myCheckbox" elements being >> added to the canvas. >> >> >> >> I'm trying to make it so that myCheckbox will go from one side of the >> canvas to the other side, and if there's not enough room, it will >> dynamically drop down to the next available position in the y-axis >> (plus a spacer of 10px or so between the rows). >> >> >> >> Kindly please provide an example. >> >> Thank you >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Flex India Community" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<flex_india%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/flex_india?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Thanks, > Vaibhav Seth. > > -- Thanks, Vaibhav Seth. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Flex India Community" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/flex_india?hl=en.
