Would this work for you? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " layout="absolute"> <mx:Panel x="19" y="29" width="616" layout="absolute" id="mom" title="Mom (parent panel)"> <mx:Panel id="toddler" x="16.5" y="172" width="563" height="100" layout="absolute" title="Toddler (child panel)" resize="mom.height=toddler.height+222"> </mx:Panel> <mx:Button x="514" y="142" label="Close" click="toddler.height=0"/> <mx:Button x="414" y="142" label="Open" click="toddler.height=100"/> </mx:Panel> </mx:Application>
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "zzwi89" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a panel that needs to resize vertically when child panels are > minimized/maximized. This works until I set layout = absolute. I would > like to use absolute layout so that I can use parameters like > top/left/right/bottom for its child panels. > > Is there a way to do this? >