Tracy, I tried that before I created this posting. The problem with using the canvas as your scrolling medium is when you vertically scroll down you will loose the header to your datagrid (your scrolling the canvas which the datagrid is a part of).
Thanks --- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Perhaps you could put the DataGrid in a Canvas, and let the Canvas provide the scrolling. > > > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of phipzkillah > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Datagrid Scrolling -- Is it really this complicated? > > > > Patrick, > > I have a toggle bar which controls the amount of columns being shown > to the user. Each field [column] is relevant to the corresponding > record [row]. There are situations where the user will want to see > all the columns at once -- even though it will probably cause them a > headache. Is it possible to do this and have the vertical scroll bar > always shown? > > Also by any chance, has anyone ever seen the datagrid header fields > rendered into a drop down list for filtering (which is what Excel does > when you apply the 'list')? I saw a sample online but it was > developed in Flex 1.5 and couldn't get it to work. > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , Patrick Mineault > <patrick.mineault@> wrote: > > > > Granted, the behaviour of the datagrid is not optimal, but then again, > > why would you want to show 68 columns simultaneously? Even if the > > scrolling did work as you expect it to, that doesn't sound very > > user-friendly. I'd suggest thinking of another interface instead. For > > instance, you could show 3 or 4 columns and when you click on one > row it > > could show the details in another panel. You could have the only names > > available in a list and then when you click on them it shows the > data in > > a 2xn datagrid where your original columns become rows, the first > column > > is the name of the property and the second is the value. > > > > phipzkillah a écrit : > > > > > > I have a Datagrid in a panel whose size is 80% width of the screen > > > (panel width that is). My datagrid has 68 columns and its width is > > > set to 100% (to fill the panel). When the datagrid loads you can't > > > read a damn thing. If i set the minwidth I can read the data, but I > > > have to horizontally scroll all the way to the right to see the > > > vertical scroll bar!! SO I can't scroll down unless I scroll all the > > > way to the right...how is that user friendly? Seems like a poor > > > design that the datagrid scroll bar doesn't float ontop of the grid > > > itself. You can see the problem here in a snapshot I took - vertical > > > scroll bar not seen unless you scroll all the way to the right. > > > > > > Does anyone have a solution to this problem? I don't want any scroll > > > bars on my panel. I simply just want to be able to scroll > > > horizontally and vertically on my datagrid with ease. > > > > > > > > >
