What's happening in my example is that the nested Canvas gives button2 only 25% of the available horizontal space. When the HBox was 300 pixels wide, that gave it 75 pixels. Since I set button2 to be 100 pixels wide, the right 25 pixels are cut off.
But if you set the HBox's width to be 100%, then that 25% space could be a lot wider than 75 pixels. If it goes over 100 pixels, then of course all of button2 would be shown. You'll have to play with the numbers to get a specific effect.
On 6/20/06, bhaq1972 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
hi Jason
How can I keep this effect if i modify your example to become
<mx:HBox width="100%" height="100" backgroundColor="yellow">
<mx:Button label="number1" width="75%"/>
<mx:Canvas width="25%" horizontalScrollPolicy="off">
<mx:Button width="100" label="number2"/>
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:HBox>
thanks
bod
--- In [email protected], "Jason Y. Kwong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Have a nested container do the clipping for you. eg:
>
> <mx:HBox width="300" height="100" backgroundColor="yellow">
> <mx:Button label="number1" width="75%"/>
> <mx:Canvas width="25%" horizontalScrollPolicy="off">
> <mx:Button width="100" label="number2"/>
> </mx:Canvas>
> </mx:HBox>
>
>
> On 6/16/06, bhaq1972 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Mike and Tom thanks for the input.
> >
> > firstly, I tried using clipContent before but doesn't work.
> >
> > if i was dealing with fixed widths and set the
> > horizonatalScrollPolicy 'off', i can achieve the effect i was
> > looking for eg
> >
> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
xmlns="*" >
> > <mx:HBox width="300" height="100"
backgroundColor="yellow"
> > horizontalScrollPolicy="off">
> > <mx:Button label="number1" width="225"/>
> > <mx:Button label="number2" width="85"/>
> > </mx:HBox>
> > </mx:Application>
> >
> > But as i'm not dealing with fixed button widths, i had to think
of
> > another way to get this effect....hence paddingRight=-15 and some
> > kind of contentClip.
> >
> > As i'm only dealing with layout, i would have thought something
> > would work out of the box. Adobe???
> >
> > I'm willing to try your suggestion of a mask, if you can gives
us a
> > few ideas on how to do that thanks.
> >
> >
> > regrds
> > bod
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "Michael Schmalle"
> > <teoti.graphix@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I don't think the layout algorithm takes negetives into
account.
> > >
> > > I didn't mean it doesn't use the negetive padding, just it
doesn't
> > calculate
> > > the 'measured width' right when laying out the mask for the
> > container using
> > > a negetive padding with a percentage.
> > >
> > > Ah, to hard to explain right.
> > >
> > > Peace, Mike
> > >
> > > On 6/15/06, Michael Schmalle < teoti.graphix@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > For you to understand the problem you need to understand how
the
> > HBox lays
> > > > it's children out and uses viewMetrics.
> > > >
> > > > The reason this is not working is because since you specified
> > 75% width,
> > > > the container will calc the .75 of the width minus anything
that
> > is static
> > > > IE your button 2.
> > > >
> > > > When you say paddingRight = -15, this kind defines the logic
of
> > the
> > > > layout.
> > > >
> > > > For some reason, when you specify -15 for paddingLeft, the
> > content on both
> > > > sides then get clipped.
> > > >
> > > > I am not Adobe, but I would venture to guess this cannot be
done
> > right
> > > > now. Not saying this is a bug but, I don't think the layout
> > algorithm takes
> > > > negetives into account.
> > > >
> > > > You could always subclass HBox and create a mask over it and
use
> > > > borderMetrics to size the mask.
> > > >
> > > > Peace, Mike
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 6/15/06, Tom Chiverton < tom.chiverton@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thursday 15 June 2006 12:09, bhaq1972 wrote:
> > > > > > how do i achieve this ?
> > > > >
> > > > > clipContent ?
> > > > >
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