Gordon:
I did the following;
override protected function measure():void
{
super.measure();
measuredWidth=94;
measuredMinWidth=94;
}
It still doesn't seem to change the width of the component in
flexbuilder's design mode.
Any ideas?
Paul
--- In [email protected], Gordon Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Try subclassing and overriding the measure() method to return a
greater measuredWidth.
>
> Gordon Smith
> Adobe Flex SDK Team
>
> From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of aceoohay
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 12:25 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Overriding width of DateField
>
>
> One anomaly I've found in flex is the width of the DateField. It's
> width is about 90px. If you use it with no width, and make it
> editable, when the user puts in a date in mm/dd/yyyy format it will
> move the left 2 characters out of the box to the left.
>
> To correct this issue, I would like to create a version of the
> DateField and override the width, if not provided by the developer
to
> be 94px. I can easily do that by putting;
>
> if (!this.width)this.width = 94;
>
> in the initialize method. The problem is this does not display the
> correct size object in flexbuilder during design mode.
>
> My question is, how can I subclass the object in such a way as to
have
> it display properly (the enhanced width attribute) in design mode?
>
> Paul
>
