If you look at TextArea's updateDisplayList, you can see how the textfield gets sized using viewmetrics. You want to replicate that in your measure function.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guillermo Villasana Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Problem with sizing Well after I resize the element I was using the measureHeight to get the height and pass it to other components. Could you post an example with the viewMetrics. Thanks Alex Harui wrote: > > Not sure why you're not using Text instead of TextArea. > > If you don't copy the sizing algorithm of the TextArea's internal > textfield, then your measurments won't be correct. I don't think -10 > is going to be right and I don't understand 3.9 either. The code is > much simpler than that. It uses viewMetrics. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *On Behalf Of *Guillermo Villasana > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:45 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Problem with sizing > > Hi everyone, well I am still having problems with resizing a Text Area. > At the moment I am using this code: > > package mylib > { > import mx.controls.TextArea; > import flash.text.TextField; > import mx.controls.Alert; > public class AdvancedTextArea extends TextArea > { > public function AdvancedTextArea() { > super(); > this.editable=false; > this.selectable=false; > this.verticalScrollPolicy="off"; > this.horizontalScrollPolicy="off"; > > } > > override protected function measure():void > { > super.measure(); > var myTF:TextField=new TextField(); > var altoxLineas:Number=new Number(); > myTF.wordWrap=true; > myTF.text=text; > myTF.width=explicitWidth-10; > altoxLineas=myTF.numLines*3.9+altoxLineas/3.9; > measuredHeight = measuredMinHeight = > myTF.textHeight + 10; > if (altoxLineas>myTF.textHeight) measuredHeight > = measuredMinHeight = altoxLineas + 10; > } > } > } > > Although it does grows my Textarea, in some cases it doesn't grow it > enough... Any pointers would be appreciated. > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links
