I need more than just straight offsets (either right, left, top, bottom, etc.).. The border Metrics will get me so far, but what about the odd shaped parts that my skin wraps around?
--- In [email protected], "Michael Schmalle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" > > <tprekaski@> 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'. >
