No offense taken...in fact, I appreciate your help. I will start playing around with it.
Thanks again. --- In [email protected], "alinmircea_s" <alinmirce...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "gmoniey22" <gmoniey22@> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the reply...I come from a Java background, so creating a custom > > component is not "scary" so to speak...I was just hoping there may be an > > easier way to do it directly to the TabNavigator instance. > > > > Also, out of curiosity, why do you not recommend the spacer? > > > > When I said it would be "scary" all I was saying was that sometimes it can > take a long time to set up exactly as needed. I did not mean to offend you in > any way. > > I don't like the spacer idea mainly because it's a 3'rd party, with it's own > width or height, I don't see the need for it, not here anyway. If that > (extending component) is not the wanted approach you can always try the > absolute positioning. I would recommend something like this > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > > <mx:Canvas width="100%" height="100%"> > > > <mx:TabNavigator id="tabN" width="100%" height="100%" > updateComplete="textI.setStyle('left',tabN.getTabAt(tabN.numChildren-1).x+tabN.getTabAt(tabN.numChildren-1).width)" > > > <mx:VBox > > > </mx:VBox> > <mx:VBox > > > </mx:VBox> > <mx:VBox > > > </mx:VBox> > </mx:TabNavigator> > <mx:TextInput id="textI" /> > > </mx:Canvas> > > </mx:Application> > > So that is > textI.setStyle('left',tabN.getTabAt(tabN.numChildren-1).x+tabN.getTabAt(tabN.numChildren-1).width) > > Setting it on the update complete of the tabnavigator and not on the > creationcomplete of the textinput. This way you take into account any resize > that might happen > > the id on the tabNavigator can be removed and tabN inside the setStyle() can > be substituted with event.target or event.currentTarget >
