The irony to all this over analyzation is; We never heard the OP say WHY he even wanted to do this (padding in Canvas) let alone if he even needed a canvas to do what he needed to do!
I just need to stay out of these application questions. ;-) Tim, It is really exciting to see the future of flex and CSS. I definitely encourage using things that deal with styles since the framework is going to tip that way soon anyway. This is in reference to using constraints. I see loading style sheets as modules sooner than later. :) Mike On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Tim Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hear ya man. Just like to keep things simple and, when possible, > allow for pulling the styles out to CSS. I'm sure using a Box with > padding would work for this too; instead of having two containers. > > > -TH > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Paul > Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yes, I'm just old school this time round! > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tim Hoff > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:58 PM > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: how to add internal padding in canvas? > > > > > > Just preference, but I'd rather see: > > > > <mx:Canvas id="outer"> > > <mx:Canvas id="inner" top="10" bottom="10" left="10" right="10"> > > // my content > > </mx:Canvas> > > </mx:Canvas> > > > > -TH > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Paul > Andrews" paul@ wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Paul Andrews" paul@ > > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:22 PM > > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: how to add internal padding in canvas? > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "markflex2007" markflex2007@ > > > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:51 PM > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: how to add internal padding in canvas? > > > > > > > > > > > >> Please give me a simple demo,how to do " nest the canvas inside > > > >> another container to get the margin"? > > > > > > > > Something like this perhaps.. > > > > > > > > I'm assuming that the reason for the margin is to leave a gap > around the > > > > edges. Lets say you want a 5 pixel gap. > > > > > > > > <mx:Canvas id="outerCanvas"> > > > > <mx:Canvas id="innerCanvas" width="{outerCanvas-10}" > > > > > > Oops.. <mx:Canvas id="innerCanvas" width="{outerCanvas.width-10}" > > > > > > > height="{outerCanvas-10}" x=5 y=5 > > > > > > > height="{outerCanvas.height-10}" x=5 y=5 > > > > > > > > > > > > add other stuff here > > > > > > > > </mx:Canvas> > > > > </mx:Canvas> > > > > > > > > Any good? > > > > > > > > Maybe I've got the wrong idea about why you want the margin. > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > >> Thanks for help > > > >> > > > >> Mark > > > >> --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Paul Andrews" paul@ wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> You can always nest the canvas inside another container to get > the > > > >> margin.. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> ------------------------------------ > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Flexcoders Mailing List > > > >> FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > >> Alternative FAQ location: > > > >> > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-\ > 1e62079f6847<https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847> > > > >> Search Archives: > > > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! > Groups > > > >> Links > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > > Alternative FAQ location: > > > > > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-\ > 1e62079f6847<https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847> > > > > Search Archives: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! > Groups > > > > Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Teoti Graphix, LLC http://www.teotigraphix.com Teoti Graphix Blog http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'.
