Just what I was looking for. Thank you very much Manish! -michael
--- In [email protected], Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/30/05, flexhansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there an easy way to achieve mx:Tile behaviour but without the > > tiles being of equal size? > > > > In other words I'm looking for something like the div-tag of plain old > > html that wraps content to fit the width prop. instead of putting up > > scrollbars. > > You mean flow layout? > > // Flow.as > > /** > * Implements flow layout for Flex. > */ > class Flow extends mx.containers.Container > { > public function layoutChildren():Void > { > var vm:Object = getViewMetricsAndMargins(); > > var lastX:Number = vm.left; > var lastY:Number = vm.top; > > var rowHeight:Number = 0; > > for (var i:Number = 0; i < numChildren; i++) > { > var child:Object = getChildAt(i); > > if (lastX + child.preferredWidth > layoutWidth - vm.right) > { > lastX = vm.left; > lastY += rowHeight; > } > > child.move(lastX, lastY); > > lastX += child.preferredWidth; > rowHeight = Math.max(rowHeight, child.preferredHeight); > } > > super.layoutChildren(); > } > } > > You should also override the 'measure' method to enable the container > to correctly measure itself. The above code only does the job of > laying out (which is okay if you're always specifying a width and > height explicitly). > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
