Hi, and yes, I already viewed your question which is close to what I was seeking. In my case, I do not need dynamic size increase, just to find out that contents are larger than the component can show. It would also be great to be able to tackle, after setting the text, the contents that CAN be shown, ie. the clipped contents.
Satu --- In [email protected], "Leon Tanner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Satu, > Is the question I am asking 'Dynamically increasing size of container to > fit all characters' of interest? I haven't got any solutions as yet, > but it may be useful... > Leon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of svktiilikainen > Sent: 10 January 2006 09:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: How to determine the content length in > mx:Text? > > OK, probably managed to solve this. I can always compare > preferredHeight with height and preferredWidth with width, and this > seems to work for now. > > Satu > > --- In [email protected], "svktiilikainen" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > does anyone know how you can determine the length of text in mx:Text > > component before the component is drawn? > > In other words, is it possible to find out that the to-be contents > of > > a Text component are too big to fit into the component without > > clipping? The Text component here is of fixed width & height, > > multiline, and can contain basically any number of characters, line > > breaks etc. > > > > Satu > > > > > > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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/
