Excellent!! binding has done the trick. thanks
--- In [email protected], "Jason Y. Kwong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah, ok. So if you want to clip 20 pixels, then you need to make sure that > button2 is always 20 pixels wider than the enclosing canvas. You can make > use of binding: > > <mx:HBox width="100%" height="100%" backgroundColor="yellow"> > <mx:Button label="number1" width="75%"/> > <mx:Canvas id="mycanvas" width="25%" horizontalScrollPolicy="off"> > <mx:Button width="{mycanvas.width+20}" label="number2"/> > </mx:Canvas> > </mx:HBox> > > Yes, it's quite a pain when the HBox/VBox just won't clip their content. I > always thought it was a bug. > > > On 6/20/06, bhaq1972 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > sorry, the width of button2 should have been 100% (i only want to > > specify percentage widths). > > > > > I'm not sure exactly what effect you want. Do you always want a > > part of > > > button2 to be clipped off the right? If so, by how much? > > > > > > > Thats correct. i want to have part of the button clipped off to the > > right. > > > > i'm only using a button as an example (could be any gui control). > > > > Essentially i want to clip the right edge of the following example. > > > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> > > <mx:HBox width="100%" height="100" backgroundColor="yellow" > > paddingRight="-20" clipContent="true"> > > <mx:Button label="number1" width="75%"/> > > <mx:Canvas width="25%" horizontalScrollPolicy="off"> > > <mx:Button width="100%" label="number2"/> > > </mx:Canvas> > > </mx:HBox> > > </mx:Application> > > > > if i was using a Canvas instead of an HBox in the above example. it > > works.....but then i'll have to position the children. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Jason Y. Kwong" <inlineblue@> > > wrote: > > > > > > I'm not sure exactly what effect you want. Do you always want a > > part of > > > button2 to be clipped off the right? If so, by how much? > > > > > > 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 <mbhaque@> 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" <inlineblue@> > > > > 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 <mbhaque@> 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. 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