Yes, I don't want the TA to fit within a single Row. You're right - the case for TA at the bottom of a DG is a problem. Today, the TA gets clipped, so that's not good either.
The PopupButton doesn't have either problem. How does the PopUpButton popup? On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, you could popup a TextArea like PopUpButton does, but it sounds > like your real goal is to have the TA extend across rows and not be below > the lines. I assume you don't want the TA to fit within a single row? > > > > How will you handle the area at the bottom of the DG? If I click the last > row, should the TA extend two rows below the DG? > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Glenn Jones > *Sent:* Friday, July 18, 2008 11:17 AM > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [flexcoders] TextArea popup editor in DataGrid > > > > I have a DataGrid where one of the columns is a TextArea control as the > itemEditor. > > When I edit a cell in the column with the TextArea editor, the TextArea > opens up to a height equivalent to > three rows of data in the grid. The editor works fine; in fact it's been > working this way for some time. > > But recently, we enabled horizontal and vertical grid lines on the grid. > When the TextArea editor opens up, > the datagrid horizontal grid lines are drawn across the top of the control. > > I've verified that the TextArea control is not inheriting the styles > related to grid lines > I've verified that the TextArea backgroundAlpha is 1; i.e. the text on the > rows underneath the editor is not > showing through. > > So as near as I can tell, the grid is drawing the gridlines on top of the > editor. > > Curiously, I also have a PopUpButton editor type - it does not have grid > lines drawn across when the dropdown > area that appears when the button is activated. > > Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround? > > Thanks > > >