You can access their height and width directly. How did you get it working?
On Feb 19, 2008 1:11 PM, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Eric, I didn't thank you for your help.... thanks. I have it > working now. > > By the way, is there a way to get the scrollbar's width (for the vertical > scrollbar) and height style (for the horizontal scroll bar) in the container > form of the panel? > > > Jason Merrill > *Bank of America * > GT&O L&LD Solutions Design & Development > eTools & Multimedia > > *Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community* > > *Interested in innovative ideas in Learning? > Check out the* *GT&O Innovative Learning > Blog*<http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/default.aspx> > ** and & > *subscribe*<http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/_layouts/SubNew.aspx?List=%7B41BD3FC9%2DBB07%2D4763%2DB3AB%2DA6C7C99C5B8D%7D&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fsharepoint%2Ebankofamerica%2Ecom%2Fsites%2Fddc%2Frd%2Fblog%2FLists%2FPosts%2FArchive%2Easpx> > . > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Eric Cancil > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:36 PM > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Drawing in Panel Insanity > > You're probably not taking in account the panel's border thickness > properties. When you get the panel's width it's including the border (not > just where the content is being drawn like youre imagining). To get the > true width of the content area youd need to subtract > getStyle("borderThicknessRight") and getStyle("borderThicknessLeft"). > Hope this helps > Eric Cancil > > On Feb 19, 2008 12:29 PM, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > So I've been writing an Actionscript component that extends > > UIComponent and is wrapped inside a Panel tag. The UIComponent has code > > that draws a flowchart of sorts into the content area of the Panel, based on > > a dataprovider it's bound to. Everything works fine there, and the drawn > > graphics change when the dataprovider changes automatically. The drawn > > objects also stay within the boundaries of the Panel content area, thanks to > > some help on this list with overriding some protected methods. > > > > The problem I still have though, is getting the drawn content to stay > > centered in the content area, including when the Panel is resized (either by > > resizing the browser window, since the Panel's width is 100%, or by moving > > an HDividedBox divider that separates it from other panels), or when the > > drawn content changes size. I can measure the size of the drawn content > > easily enough using the getBounds() method of Rectangle class, but not the > > Panel's content area - the width and height seem to be way off when I > > measure them. > > > > The other problem is getting the scrollbars to be accurate. I'm getting > > really confused by Panel's unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight, measuredWidth, > > measuredHeight, width, height, explicitWidth, and explicitHeight properties > > and how they all relate to each other. Is there someone who can explain how > > the panel's content area size is calculated and also the scrollbars? > > > > Here is some code snippets from my class: > > > > override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, > > unscaledHeight:Number):void > > { > > super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight); > > reposition(); > > measuredWidth = unscaledWidth; > > measuredHeight = unscaledHeight; > > } > > > > override protected function measure():void > > { > > var rect:Rectangle = getBounds(this); > > measuredWidth = rect.width; > > measuredHeight = rect.height; > > var flowchartRect:Rectangle = getBounds(_flowchart); > > _flowchartWidth = flowchartRect.width; > > _flowchartHeight = flowchartRect.height; > > } > > > > private function reposition(e:Event):void > > { > > measure(); > > _flowchart.x = (width/2)-(_flowchart/2); > > _flowchart.y = (height/2)-(_flowchart/2); > > } > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jason Merrill > > *Bank of America * > > GT&O L&LD Solutions Design & Development > > eTools & Multimedia > > > > *Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community* > > > > *Interested in innovative ideas in Learning? > > Check out the* *GT&O Innovative Learning > > Blog*<http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/default.aspx> > > ** and & > > *subscribe*<http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/_layouts/SubNew.aspx?List=%7B41BD3FC9%2DBB07%2D4763%2DB3AB%2DA6C7C99C5B8D%7D&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fsharepoint%2Ebankofamerica%2Ecom%2Fsites%2Fddc%2Frd%2Fblog%2FLists%2FPosts%2FArchive%2Easpx> > > . > > > > >
