How is it coded - what are the simple rules to follow when using scale-9? Is there any reference?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, that's the way it is coded right now. It might change before Flex > 3 ships, but don't count on it > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of polestar11 > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:51 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] How does scale-9 placement affect the size of a > border-skin? > > > > Hi there > > I've created some custom skins for various components, eg. > Canvas.borderSkin & myTabStyleName.upSkin. I find that the placement > of the scale-9 grid lines affects the size of the way the component > renders the skin and sometimes even the component size. > > For example ... if I place the scale-9 horizontal lines of the swf > resource for 'myTabStyleName' upSkin very close together in the > centre, it doubles the size of my tab button. Similarly, for a canvas, > when setting the borderSkin style, there might be a small bit of the > skin asset stretching over the component size, or sometimes doesnt > fill it completely, depending on where the scale-9 lines are placed. > > I have manged to tweak the various skins so that the scale-9 grid > placement results in the correct rendering, but this is a very tedious > process. And I have had to do this all over again, after upgrading to > the new Flex 3 Beta 3. It would really help to know how scale-9 > placement affects border calculations. Does anyone know anything more > about this, or if there are any in-depth resources on this topic? > > Cheers > Tracy >
