Thanks Evyatar, but includeInLayout does not make the component invisible. 

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From: "Evyatar Ben Halevi-Arbib" <[email protected]> 
To: [email protected] 
Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2013 11:15:26 AM 
Subject: Re: is there a way to auto-size width of component? 

Instead of manipulating the width just use the includeInLayout property 
(set to false when visible is false). 

Regards, 
Evyatar 


On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 8:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: 

> I have a spark FormItem containing a spark TextInput. Throughout the app 
> this is made visible and invisible. When it is invisible, I want the width 
> to be 0 so that it doesn't effect the layout other (visible) form items. 
> 
> Is there a simple way upon turning it back to visible, that I can have it 
> auto-size itself to the correct width, or must I hardcode the width? Just 
> curious, as I have a lot of such FormItems, and an auto-size method would 
> save a lot of development time, especially as things change. For example, 
> if I set the width to be -1, will this trigger the component to auto-size 
> itself? 
> 

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