Hi Tracy, This may work, I'd have to try it, and may be my best option. I was hoping to be able to reset the scrollBar so that it appears to the user that they are seeing everything.
JF --- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <tspr...@...> wrote: > > Just thinking aloud, but supposed you intercepted the scroll events and > calculated whether the user was allowed to move that way and apply > preventDefault if not? > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of jmfillman > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 4:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Display only part of a canvas?? > > > > I appreciate the responses, but I do not believe this will accomplish > what I need. Masking is the closest so far, but the scroll bars > create a problem. > > Simply making items hidden, does hide viewable items, but leaves the > container with a lot of blank space. > > Essentially, I want to override the index or whatever values the > scrollbar uses to determine the top and bottom of the container, and > set my own values. > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > , "Manish Jethani" > <manish.jethani@> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 5:41 AM, jmfillman <jmfillman@> wrote: > > > > > I have a Canvas that with a height of 3000. For some users, I > only want > > > them to be able to view and scroll a portion of the height of the > > > canvas, say 1200-2200. It can vary from user to user, and some > will > > > need to see the entire height. I'm at a loss as to whether or not > this > > > is even possible, and if so, how. > > > > Suppose you have a canvas with 5 items. > > > > <Canvas> > > <Item /> > > <Item /> > > <Item /> > > <Item /> > > <Item /> > > </Canvas> > > > > You want some users to see only the first 3, is that correct? If > yes, > > you can just set 'visible' to false and 'includeInLayout' to false > on > > the items that you want to hide, and that should take care of it. > > > > -- > > manishjethani.com > > >
