Hi, Try subclassing RectangularBorder instead, then you can override the borderMetrics property and set it based on how much right offset you need.
Mike On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Crap, the email messed up my beautifully renditioned ASCII art of what > I was drawing. Anyway, I was basically trying to show that there's a > hanging tab off the main part of the container, effectively increasing > the size of the container. > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Todd" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've created a custom skin and applied it to a VBox. This skin isn't > > just a regular border, but has some file-tab like protrusion on one > > side. The border looks like: > > > > _______________________________________________ > > | | > > | | > > -------------------------------| | > > XXXXXX | | > > ---------------- > > > > (The area with the X's shouldn't calculate in parent's child layout.) > > > > Now my question is, is there's something inside the skin that I can > > set to mask off where controls are allowed to be laid out? Or, do I > > just have to manually make sure that layout of controls in the parent > > container are manually adjusted for my programmatic skin? > > > > What's the best way to deal with this. Ideally, my skin would notify > > the container to a valid layout area. > > > > Thanks > > > > > -- 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'.
