I don't think this is bug because using top,left, right and bottom properties would need a layout that uses absolute positioning, while vertical, horizontal and tail layout are automatic layouts and don't use absolute positioning.
Haykel Ben Jemia Allmas Web & RIA Development http://www.allmas-tn.com On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:45 AM, bhaq1972 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Peter. > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Peter > DeHaan <pdeh...@...> wrote: > > > > Try setting the Rect's width/height to 100%: > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" > > xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" > > xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"> > > <s:layout> > > <s:VerticalLayout /> > > </s:layout> > > > > <s:Group width="100%" height="28"> > > <s:Rect top="0" right="0" bottom="0" left="0"> > > <s:fill> > > <s:SolidColor color="green" /> > > </s:fill> > > </s:Rect> > > </s:Group> > > > > <s:HGroup width="100%" height="28"> > > <s:Rect width="100%" height="100%"> > > <s:fill> > > <s:SolidColor color="red" /> > > </s:fill> > > </s:Rect> > > </s:HGroup> > > > > </s:Application> > > > > > > Not exactly sure why using left/right/top/bottom constraints didn't work > on the bottom HGroup, but feel free to file a bug at > http://bugs.adobe.com/flex/ and Adobe can look into it. > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of > bhaq1972 > > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:53 AM > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Flex 4 HGroup and Group background colour > > > > > > > > Why does this work > > > > <s:Group width="100%" height="28"> > > <s:Rect top="0" right="0" bottom="0" left="0"> > > <s:fill> > > <s:SolidColor color="0x4960a6" /> > > </s:fill> > > </s:Rect> > > </s:Group> > > > > But this doesnt? > > <s:HGroup width="100%" height="28"> > > <s:Rect> > > <s:fill> > > <s:SolidColor color="0x4960a6" /> > > </s:fill> > > </s:Rect> > > </s:HGroup> > > > > thanks > > > > >

