You could grab the actual width of the label or you could put the label in a container like an HBox and set the horizontalAlign="right" on the HBox. Set the width of the HBox to 100 if that is the max. Then set the x property or right style on the HBox as stated below. Karl Cynergy
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Nate Pearson Sent: Wed 2/28/2007 1:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Right Aligned Text in a UIComponent Yes I mean aligned right. The x to equal parent.width - 100 doesn't work because the text is dynamic. Some times it will have a width of 10 and some times it will be 90. I just set it to 100 because I know it will never go over 100. Maybe there is a parameter that will make the label width "flex" with the amount of text in it? Then i could do x = parent.width - label.width. I couldn't find this parameter though. --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Karl Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you mean by making the x location the right side? If this is a canvas, then just set "right equal to "0" if you just want the text box to be as far to the right as possible in the container. > > You could also set the x to equal parent.width - 100. Does that solve what you are asking? > > Karl > Cynergy > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> on > behalf of Nate Pearson > Sent: Wed 2/28/2007 11:13 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Right Aligned Text in a UIComponent > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Nate Pearson" <napearson99@> wrote: > > > > I'm adding a label to a UIComponent at a dynamic x location. The text > > for that label is also dynamic. > > > > How can I make it so the x location is the right side of the label? > > Here is my code: > > > > var endDate:Label = new Label(); > > endDate.graphics.lineStyle(1,0x000000); > > endDate.text = data.EDText; > > endDate.styleName = "columnEnd"; > > endDate.height=20; > > endDate.width = 100; > > endDate.x = ratio*data.ED; > > endDate.y = 30; > > myUIComp.addChild(endDate); > > > > -Nate > > >
