Thx for the suggestion, Alex.
I will look into that.
--- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Given some string, call the DG's measureText method to get the pixel
> size.
>
>
>
> If horizontalScrollPolicy="on", the width should be honored.
If "auto"
> things are proportional so I would try making it non-resizable until
> creationComplete then flip it to be resizable.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of handitan
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:51 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Flex 2.0.1: DataGridColumn width expands to
the
> longest string
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I know that this issue has been brought several times in this forum
> but as far as I read there's no solution to this yet.
>
> Basically, there are 2 things that I want to do:
> 1. I would like the dataGridColumn width to expand to its longest
> string.
> 2. This should only happen when the grid is displayed on the 1st
time.
>
> Way that I was doing to tackle the issue:
> - I made a custom DataGridColumn that enables me to calculate the
> longest string length (fyi,I don't know how to determine the pixel
> size so I just use some number <-- if you know how to get the pixel
> size, please let me know) by inspecting the string whenever
> itemToLabel function is called and assign that value to width.
> Unfortunately, the result is very messy. The column is not just
> rendering correctly and you cannot resize the column anymore.
>
> Anyway, I would like to get some ideas on how you all would take
this
> issue.
>
> Thank you for reading!
>
