To sum it up, am I correct in my conclusion that it's impossible to
have a vertical scrollbar without a horizontal scrollbar on any
container that contains any component with the right='something'
attribute set?

I hope I'm wrong, that's annoying as hell.

-Josh

On Nov 15, 2007 5:35 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>  ________________________________
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Josh McDonald
>  Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:52 PM
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>  To: [email protected]
>  Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Vertical scrolling without horizontal scrolling?
> How do I make 100% == 100% of available width?
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> Does it have to be 0, or can I go with something like 200 or so? It
>  irks me that when you shrink the browser window you get a million
>  scrollbars in every nested container :)
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>  I know I'm probably a pain, but I'm determined to master Flex.
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>  -Josh
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>  On Nov 14, 2007 5:45 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>  > I think you want the content to use 100% but have minWidth=0. You're
>  > hitting an obscure 'rule' of flex that we don't shrink containers when
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>  > decide to put up scrollbars else it could propagate scrollbars down to
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>  > children. Also, if or when you know you want scrollbars, changing the
>  > policy to "on" will factor the scrollbars into the layout. minWidth
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>  > solves it though.
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>  >
>  > ________________________________
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>  >
>  > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>  > Behalf Of Josh McDonald
>  > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:13 PM
>  > To: [email protected]
>  > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Vertical scrolling without horizontal
> scrolling?
>  > How do I make 100% == 100% of available width?
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>  > The content is set up to be in some cases 100%, otherwise it's
>  > anchored to top/bottom/sides.
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>  > If I have the container (vbox) anchored to the bottom of the
>  > application, or no height specifcation at all, or any %, it simply
>  > grows out and i get the dual scrollbars. If i specify a pixel height,
>  > the container itself gets a scrollbar and everything works fine. Is
>  > there no way to have a container that has an "anchored to the
>  > application" minimum size, but will scroll internally if it needs to?
>  > I imagine setting the height to a pixel size when the application
>  > detects a resize would achieve the results I'm after, but that's
>  > awfully kludgey.
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>  > I feel like I'm trying to do CSS-based design in HTML :-/
>  >
>  > -Josh
>  >
>  > On Nov 14, 2007 4:49 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>  > > Does the content need to fill the width of the container? If it does, I
>  > > think you'll always get an hbar since even narrowing it would obscure
>  > > content.
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>  > > Otherwise, try setting minWidth=0 on the content items and maybe the
>  > > container as well.
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>  > > ________________________________
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>  > >
>  > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>  > > Behalf Of Josh McDonald
>  > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:24 PM
>  > > To: [email protected]
>  > > Subject: [flexcoders] Vertical scrolling without horizontal scrolling?
>  > How
>  > > do I make 100% == 100% of available width?
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>  > > Hi guys,
>  > >
>  > > I'm having a problem where as soon as my content goes taller than a
>  > > container (be it the application, or a panel) and a vertical scrollbar
>  > > is needed, it simply covers up some of the container rather than
>  > > narrowing it. This of course creates a horizontal scrollbar as well.
>  > > Is there an easy way to get around this? It's really the last thing I
>  > > want, and to me seems like the last thing anybody would want. I'm sure
>  > > it's something simple, but it's just one of those things that appears
>  > > difficult to google for :)
>  > >
>  > > Any help appreciated :)
>  > >
>  > > -Josh
>  > >
>  > > --
>  > > "This is crazy! Why are we talking about going to bed with Wilma
>  > > Flintstone... She'll never leave Fred and we know it. "
>  > >
>  > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald
>  > > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
>  > --
>  >
>  > "This is crazy! Why are we talking about going to bed with Wilma
>  > Flintstone... She'll never leave Fred and we know it. "
>  >
>  > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald
>  > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >
>  >
>  >
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>  --
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>  "This is crazy! Why are we talking about going to bed with Wilma
>  Flintstone... She'll never leave Fred and we know it. "
>
>  :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald
>  :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  



-- 
"This is crazy! Why are we talking about going to bed with Wilma
Flintstone... She'll never leave Fred and we know it. "

 :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald
 :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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