Normally, I use callLater then set the component's height to its measuredHeight. CallLater is required because the player doesn't always know the text dimension in the same frame you set the text in.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of flexawesome Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: A simple component in AS - Setting height Issues Thanks for your replay...that could be make the component more big and slow? I'd love to see how to set the textArea height dynamically after setting the text. Thanks --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you set width only on your Text, and put it in a Canvas with no height > set, it should grow as the Text component grows. > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 11:57 AM, flexawesome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey I was trying to figure out how to dynamically make the grow in > > height with the textArea in my component. > > > > by checking the docs here > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/TextArea.html#tex <http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/TextArea.html#tex> tH > > eight > > > > I was called the validateNow() method on the line 76, I was tried both > > height & textHeight. However, it didn't work correctly. > > > > _txtHolder.setActualSize( unscaledWidth, _txtHolder.height ); > > _txtHolder.setActualSize( unscaledWidth, _txtHolder.textHeight ); > > > > > > code is here: > > > > http://www.privatepaste.com/c1QXxA5NBO <http://www.privatepaste.com/c1QXxA5NBO> > > > > Any suggestion > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt> > > Search Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo <http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo> ! Groups > > Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
