You want to set includeInLayout to false
--- In [email protected], "whatabrain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> When I hide an object using the "visibility" attribute, it still takes
> up space in the document. I know that in css, you can use the "display"
> style to fix this. How do you do it in flex?
>
> <mx:VBox>
> <mx:HBox>
> <mx:Text text="hi"/>
> </mx:HBox>
> <mx:HBox visible="false"> <!-- This takes up space -->
> <mx:Text text="hi"/>
> </mx:HBox>
> <mx:HBox>
> <mx:Text text="hi"/>
> </mx:HBox>
> </mx:VBox>
>
