You're accessing the 'height' property before the LayoutManager has determined what its height should be. You need to wait at least until the component has dispatched an updateComplete event.
Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ibo Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 12:42 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] getting absolute height from component If I have a canvas with height set to 100%, how do I get its absolute height? (in pixels) the height attribute is giving me 0.