It is better to keep them invisible when they aren't used. I haven't done extensive testing of this, but I wouldn't bank on the Flash runtime optimizing whether it draws off-screen elements.
Whether or not you use a constraint won't matter if the dependencies of the constraint don't change. Although if I am animating an element off the screen, I wouldn't typically use a constraint for positioning also. I think the tabslider is a good example of this. (Elements don't get pushed off-screen, but it is the same concept.) Sarah On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 1:56 AM, Mark Engelberg wrote: > I've noticed that one of the Laszlo user interface conventions is to > slide dialogs on and off the screen. > > Is it better to create and destroy these dynamically, or just keep > them around throughout the lifetime of the program? If they are > static, is it more efficient to keep them invisible until needed, or > just use constraints to keep them off the edge of the canvas? (I'm > thinking it's probably more efficient to keep them in a fixed location > and invisible). > > Does anyone have a good example they want to share of this sort of > thing? > > Thanks, > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > Laszlo-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-user _______________________________________________ Laszlo-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-user
