ahh well thats good, as i'm now not alone in doing this! :) Q. How do you subclass control tags, as at the moment I tried to do a DataGrid before but when i use <mx:columns> it spat an error.
inside the custom xml all i did was com/inco/CustomTags/DataGrid.mxml ---- <mx:DataGrid initialize="initLayout()"><mx:Script source="myLayout.as"/> </mx:DataGrid> -- index.mxml <inco:DataGrid> <mx:columns> <mx:Array> // columns here... </mx:Array> </mx:columns> </inco:DataGrid> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:55:49 +1200, Chris Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi scott, > > as a matter of course, I have subclassed all the tags. > That way, when any defaults or behaviours irritate me, I have a place to fix > them. > > > ________________________________ > From: Scott Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] AutoWidth/AutoHeight? > > > I've found that i've been constantly typing width="100%" height="100%" > and so on for containers within containers and what not, and have > found it to be tedious task. > > The thing is though, sometimes i want width="100%" but height to be > default (ie whatever the height of the movieclip in question) > > but most of the time i've wanted 100% for both metrics for a typical > container. > > To combat this i put together a buch of custom MXML components that > simply use the MX built-in ones, but on initialize they simply setup > some default settings (margins, width/height etc) > > At the same time i have an attribute like autoHeight=false|true which > will set the height to 100% or don't automatically define the height > > so the code looks like: > > public var autoHeight:Boolean = true; > > function autoLayout() { > if(autoHeight) { > height = height || "100%"; > } > > } > > then when i want to use an autoLayout container i would do this: > > <inco:VBox> > //... Stuff here. > > </inco:VBox> > > Now, does anyone else do something similiar? or have found it a > repetitive task? have i overlooked an attribute setting somewhere - (I > had thought of using CSS but thats not as agile as my autoLayout > capabilities) > > > > -- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.mossyblog.com > http://www.flexcoder.com (Coming Soon) > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com http://www.flexcoder.com (Coming Soon) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
