thanks for the answer!
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "valdhor" <valdhorlists@...> wrote:
>
> Nope, no quick fix.
>
> You would need to loop over all the data and find the longest strings. You
> would then need to calculate the widths based on FontMetrics for the font you
> are using.
>
> I have seen an example in the past so Google should be your friend.
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "kg_andrew21" <grizzly33@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > this is my first post, I tried searching for the issue but came up with no
> > matches, so I hope it won't be a duplicate.
> >
> > So what I want to do is this: have a DataGrid that has all its column's
> > width set to the greatest of these 2 values: its typicalItem's width (which
> > without specified is the dataProvider's first item) or the headerText's
> > width so that the headerText will not get cut off.
> > Currently the problem is that if the typicalitem's width is smaller than
> > the headerText than the headerText is cut off, but I don't want that, I
> > want headerText to be fully displayed in all of my columns.
> >
> > What I can do is set the minWidth on each of the columns manually so that
> > the headerText will surely not get cut off. This works perfectly but its a
> > lot of pain to do that by hand. So my question is is there a method or
> > quick fix to prevent headerText to be cut off? One solution that I think
> > could work is to determine the width that's required by the headerText and
> > set minWidth to that for that column.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Andrew
> >
>
