That worked. Great, thank you.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Try calling validateNow() on the parent after changing the width of
the
> left child.
>
>
>
> - Gordon
>
>
>
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> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
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> Behalf Of wwwpl
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 2:32 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Setting width doesn't resize component
immediately
>
>
>
> I have a custom component I will call the parent with 2 side by
side
> children. The left child has a width of 200 and the right child has
a
> width of 800 and parent width == 1000. On a mouse click event I
change
> the width of the left child to 980. I then start an animation of
the
> right child that moves from width of 800 to 20 (moves to the
right).
> Sometimes the animation of the right child finishes before the
width of
> the left child executes. How do I force the left child resize to
> happen first? I do a callLater to start the animation of the right
> child after setting the width of the left child like this:
>
> leftChild.width = 980;
> callLater(rightChild.startAnimation);
>
> I have tried calling leftChild.invalidateDisplayList() but it
doesn't
> help.
>
