Just FYI for anybody reading this thread, the reason it works when using a UITextField and not mx:Text is that UITextField is not a UIComponent and so updates its sizing and such as soon as it has a .width and a .text
-Josh On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For performance reasons, renderers get validated once and not checked > again, so you can't just figure out the size later. > > An example is in ListItemRenderer. Its internal textfield handles wordwrap > correctly. The OP could just use it, but it doesn't handle html. I'd just > copy the source and wire the listData.label to the htmlText. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Josh McDonald > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:13 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Re: Advise - List > > You mean this is causing measure() to report the wrong height for the > renderer itself? Wouldn't measure get called again once the text component > has layed out and worked out its height in a frame or 3? What's the answer? > Set text.width, call validateNow() before you use text.height in > renderer.measure()? > > Intriguing :) > > -Josh > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think the OP really wants it to be in a renderer, which has >> slightly different rules >> >> A renderer is given explicitWidth before it is measured, and for text flow >> components, it should set the with of that component then take its >> measurements. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On >> Behalf Of *Josh McDonald >> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2008 8:45 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Re: Advise - List >> >> You can set it to 100%, or to a binding like: >> >> <vbox id="bar"> >> <text id="txt" width="{vbox.width}"/> >> </vbox> >> >> Either will work just make sure that you set it :) >> >> If you're doing that and it's not wrapping, you may need >> collapseWhite="true" (or something named like that) on your mx:Text, >> depending on how you've set up your html! >> >> -Josh >> >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Rafael Faria < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I need it to be 100%... its on a component that goes in different >>> places on my application. I can't set it =/ >>> >>> Any other idea? >>> >>> I'm trying to set the textarea's height when i load it but it doesnt >>> seem to be getting the right height. >>> >>> I tested a simple example like the following one and if you run it you >>> will see that when you open its bigger than the text but when you >>> start typing it gets back to the right size. >>> >>> <?xml version="1.0"?> >>> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; >>> creationComplete="update();"> >>> <mx:Script> >>> <![CDATA[ >>> import mx.events.FlexEvent; >>> >>> public function update():void >>> { >>> src.explicitHeight = src.textHeight + 10; >>> src.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent("KEY_DOWN")); >>> } >>> >>> ]]> >>> </mx:Script> >>> <mx:Panel title="TextArea Control Example" height="75%" >>> width="75%" paddingTop="10" paddingLeft="10"> >>> >>> <mx:TextArea id="src" change="update()"> >>> <mx:htmlText> >>> <![CDATA[ >>> Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing >>> and >>> typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard >>> dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley >>> of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived >>> not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic >>> typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in >>> the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum >>> passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like >>> Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum. >>> ]]> >>> </mx:htmlText> >>> </mx:TextArea> >>> >>> </mx:Panel> >>> </mx:Application> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- In [email protected], "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Text will wrap, but only if you tell it how wide it should be. >>> > >>> > -Josh >>> > >>> > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Rafael Faria >>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> > >>> > > Hey guys, >>> > > >>> > > I need some advise. >>> > > >>> > > I'm creating a list and i need to insert some HTML text (i need to >>> use >>> > > bold) and it needs to wordwrap it. >>> > > >>> > > I tried Text but it doesnt seem to have wordwrap capability. The only >>> > > reason i found so far is use a Textarea and take off the borders and >>> > > background and not let it be editable. It works how i want but with a >>> > > little problem, the variable row doesnt seem to be working. My guess >>> > > would be that my textarea is not increasing according the size of the >>> > > text in the textarea. >>> > > >>> > > Is there anyway to set the textarea height according to the content >>> it >>> > > has or anyother suggestion to make this html wordwrap itemrenderer >>> > > inside the list work?1 >>> > > >>> > > Please, enlight me. :p >>> > > >>> > > raf >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > ------------------------------------ >>> > > >>> > > -- >>> > > Flexcoders Mailing List >>> > > FAQ: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt >>> > > Search Archives: >>> > > 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] >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------ >>> >>> -- >>> Flexcoders Mailing List >>> FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt >>> Search Archives: >>> 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] >> >> > > > -- > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
