Thanks Tracy for taking the time :)
What I need is to control the height of other components, based on the height of a row, and possibly vice versa. Ideally do a Math.max(row_height , other_component_height) and use the result for the height of both. Does that make sense? Thanks again! Sakri On 9/19/07, Tracy Spratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > An important precept in working with item renderers is the fact that > the renderer instances are recycled. Only those actually visible, plus a > few for buffering, are actually created. When the underlying data is > changed, or when the list is scrolled, the renderer instances are updated to > display the new item's data. > > > > This means that essentially all control of the renderer must be driven > from information in the dataprovider item (there can be exceptions) > > > > You haven't really told us what you want to accomplish. > > > > The DataGrid's default item renderer is capable of variable row height > itself. What do you need beyond this? > > > > Tracy > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Sakri Rosenstrom > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:32 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [flexcomponents] Re: get and set the height of a row in > datagrid > > > > > Thanks for that... so I need to somehow access appropriate instances of > item Renderer, then I can get and set its height? > > Just one more, suppose I change the height of one renderer in a row, will > it automatically trigger updateDisplaylist() on some parent, or the other > rendrers within the same row? > > Thanks for your help! > > Sakri > > On 9/19/07, *brainny2002* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > I faced similar challenges in my first flex project and actually i > dont think there is a direct solution to that.You can only manipulate > datagrid columns as u which and not rows.The rowHeight property won't > help either if u r trying to set specific row height. > what i did was to first set the variableRowHeight property to true. > then implement item renderers.My custom Item renderer would then set > its own height based on the data property passed to it. > > Hope that helped?. > > MayorBrain > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <brainny2002%40yahoo.com> > > --- In [email protected] <flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com>, > "sakri_rosenstrom" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm sure this is simple, but after an hour of searching (docs, google, > > this group), the solution evades me... > > > > I need a datagrid with variable row height, I need to access the > > height of individual rows like my_datagrid.getHeightOfRow(3), and set > > the height of that row... > > > > any help would be (as always) greatly appreciated! > > > > > > Sakri > > > > > >
