Ha, what I meant is that years ago, you helped me with a problem that I
was having with RowColorDataGrid and I was also able to use a tree with
connector lines that you created. Just glad to return the favor. :)
-TH
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Pan Troglodytes <chimpathe...@...>
wrote:
>
> C'mon, Tim, your posts help me loads of times and you don't even
realize
> it. My #1 place to go for searching for answers to tough problems is
my
> flexcoders archive and your name pops up a lot with the answer! And
> RowColorDataGrid was a lifesaver.
>
>
> Okay, back to the topic. Just realized that there's a little something
> missing. If you have the popupButton on the bottom of the window so
that it
> causes the popup to appear ABOVE it, then the code above glitches in
that it
> makes the window grow down and cover the popupbutton. Here's a fix:
>
> gr.validateSize(true);
> var verticalGap:Number = grid.getStyle("verticalGap");
> grid.scrollRect = new Rectangle(0, 0, grid.width + gr.measuredWidth,
> grid.height + gr.measuredHeight + (isNaN(verticalGap) ? 0 :
> verticalGap));
> if (grid.y < myPopupButton.y)
> grid.y -= gr.measuredHeight + (isNaN(verticalGap) ? 0 : verticalGap);
>
> To see this in action in the above example, set the application
> layout="absolute" and the myPopupButton bottom="0".
>
> Of course, when you add so many categories that it gets taller than
the
> window its in, then you're screwed! You'd have to implement your own
"don't
> grow when bigger than this and turn on scrollbars instead" logic.
Luckily I
> don't need that right now.
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Tim Hoff timh...@... wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Yep, that looks great. I thought about all of that, but knew that
you'd
> > tweak it to get what you needed. Glad that I could finally help you
out
> > with something Jason.
> >
> >
> > -TH
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
Pan
> > Troglodytes chimpathetic@
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks, Tim. Knew there must be something, just couldn't find it.
> > >
> > > I found this to be a good way to do it, as long as I'm not missing
> > > something:
> > >
> > > gr.validateSize(true);
> > > var verticalGap:Number = grid.getStyle("verticalGap");
> > > grid.scrollRect = new Rectangle(0, 0, grid.width +
gr.measuredWidth,
> > > grid.height + gr.measuredHeight + (isNaN(verticalGap) ? 0 :
> > > verticalGap));
> > >
> > > This seems more "right", though if you add some big numbers to
height
> > and
> > > width it will always auto-calc them. But I found if you add
numbers
> > that
> > > are too small, you wind up with it chopped off a bit.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Tim Hoff TimHoff@ wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Jason,
> > > >
> > > > Put this at the end of addCategory():
> > > >
> > > > myPopupButton.popUp.scrollRect =
> > > > *new* Rectangle(0, 0, myPopupButton.popUp.width,
> > > > myPopupButton.popUp.height + 30);
> > > >
> > > > Add an id:
> > > >
> > > > <PopUpButton id="myPopupButton" openAlways="true">
> > > >
> > > > This will trick the popup into redrawing.
> > > >
> > > > -TH
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
<flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Pan
> > Troglodytes chimpathetic@
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Okay, so given the following application:
> > > > >
> > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > > > > <Application
> > > > > xmlns="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> > > > > >
> > > > > <Script>
> > > > > <![CDATA[
> > > > > private function addCategory():void
> > > > > {
> > > > > var gi:GridItem;
> > > > > var gr:GridRow = new GridRow;
> > > > >
> > > > > gi = new GridItem;
> > > > > (gi.addChild(new Label) as Label).text = "item " +
> > (grid.numChildren
> > > > > - 3) + ":";
> > > > > gr.addChild(gi);
> > > > >
> > > > > gi = new GridItem;
> > > > > (gi.addChild(new Label) as Label).text = "value";
> > > > > gr.addChild(gi);
> > > > >
> > > > > grid.addChildAt(gr, grid.numChildren - 2);
> > > > > }
> > > > > ]]>
> > > > > </Script>
> > > > > <PopUpButton openAlways="true">
> > > > > <popUp>
> > > > > <Grid id="grid" paddingTop="4" paddingBottom="4"
paddingLeft="4"
> > > > > paddingRight="4"
> > > > > fontSize="12" backgroundColor="0xFFFFFF" borderStyle="outset"
> > > > > borderThickness="2"
> > > > > >
> > > > > <GridRow>
> > > > > <GridItem colSpan="3">
> > > > > <CheckBox label="Categorize data" fontWeight="bold"/>
> > > > > </GridItem>
> > > > > </GridRow>
> > > > > <GridRow>
> > > > > <GridItem>
> > > > > <Label text="Start:"/>
> > > > > </GridItem>
> > > > > <GridItem>
> > > > > <Label text="first row"/>
> > > > > </GridItem>
> > > > > </GridRow>
> > > > > <GridRow id="lastRow">
> > > > > <GridItem>
> > > > > <Label text="End:"/>
> > > > > </GridItem>
> > > > > <GridItem>
> > > > > <Label text="last row"/>
> > > > > </GridItem>
> > > > > </GridRow>
> > > > > <GridRow>
> > > > > <GridItem colSpan="3">
> > > > > <Button label="Add Category" click="addCategory()"/>
> > > > > </GridItem>
> > > > > </GridRow>
> > > > > </Grid>
> > > > > </popUp>
> > > > > </PopUpButton>
> > > > > </Application>
> > > > >
> > > > > I want to be able to click the popupButton, click the "Add
> > Category"
> > > > button,
> > > > > and have the popped up window resize right then so you can see
> > > > everything.
> > > > > Is there a good way (or even an ok way) to do this?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Jason
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jason
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jason
>
