[flexcoders] Re: dynamic tooltip via function call returns 0 for x/y/width/height

[gwangdesign]

Thanks, Alex! Any suggestion as to how to implement a truly "dynamic"
tooltip?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> getPosSize gets run once at init time when the width/height isn't
known.  It doesn't know when to update again
> 
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of gwangdesign
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 10:20 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] dynamic tooltip via function call returns 0
for x/y/width/height
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to use tooltip to show x/y/width/height for some of the
> UIComponents in my app. But it shows 0 for all these values, while a
> similar function call for the click event works fine. Can anyone explain
> the reason behind this?
> 
> Here is the code snippet:
> 
> <!--ActionScript-->
> [Bindable]
> private function getPosSiz(comp:UIComponent):String
> {
> return comp+"> x: "+comp.x+"; y: "+comp.y+"; w:
> "+comp.measuredWidth+"; h: "+comp.height;
> }
> private function tracePosSiz(comp:UIComponent):void
> {
> trace(comp+"> x: "+comp.x+"; y: "+comp.y+"; w: "+comp.width+"; h:
> "+comp.height);
> }
> 
> <!--MXML-->
> <mx:Button id="prevBtn" label="&#0060;" click="tracePosSiz(prevBtn);"
> toolTip="{getPosSiz(prevBtn)}"/>
>