Just changing Label to Text worked. I didn't have to write a measure method.
I really wish the Flex controls had been written in a way that matches the OS's behavior better. I've had to write a lot of code (for example, this tooltip fix), just to make standard controls. Ah well. Better the way it is, than not existing at all. --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wordwrapping is the responsibility of the renderer. Label is a > single-line control so it won't word wrap. Using Text is possible but > you have to wire up the measure method correctly. See past threads for > how to do that. Also, that makes a heavy weight renderer. > > > > My recommendation is to copy DataGridItemRenderer and remove the datatip > code. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of whatabrain > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] My itemRenderer is cancelling wordWrap setting on > AdvancedDataGridColumn > > > > I want an AdvancedDataGridColumn to have word wrap, soI set the > wordWrap attribute to true. The column contains an itemRenderer, which > renders an mx:Label, which contains the actual text. But that text > doesn't wrap. > > <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn wordWrap="true"> > <mx:itemRenderer> > <mx:Component> > <mx:Label text="I am an unhappy table cell"/> > </mx:Component> > </mx:itemRenderer> > </mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn> > > The reason I'm using an itemRenderer is because otherwise, tooltips > don't work properly. They are always drawn within the cell, instead of > appearing at the corner of the mouse cursor like they should. Putting > the tooltip on the Label fixes the problem. >
