that looks fantastic sid, try and crack on with it this evening many thanks in advance!
cheers, Thomas -----Original Message----- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Sidney de Koning - Funky Monkey Studios Sent: 25 August 2009 16:44 To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] spacing horizontal dynamic xml menu textfields He Thomas, This stuff can be a bit difficult when making the transition. Textfield has a really cool property called textWidth and textHeight, that retruns only the width and height of the actual height :) I have put comment in the code that explain it. Here is an example to demo: var runningX:Number = 0; // This is basically your data comming from XML var itemsArr:Array = new Array("one", "different length", "piece of text", "last bit", "evently spaced"); // It does not really matter what kind of loop you do, it is the way of spacing them thst matters, so you can do your loop like you normally would, // here i'm just using an array to demonstrate for (var index:int = 0; index < itemsArr.length ; index++) { // You create items of any kind you like... var _textheader:TextField = new TextField( ); _textheader.text = itemsArr[index]; _textheader.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; // You say that runningX is some value. since it was zero in the beginning we are adding the value ontop of its current value (see line below) _textheader.x = runningX; // ... And then you space them. You can use textWidth if using text width or plain width for object that extend from DisplayObjects or Sprites etc... runningX += _textheader.textWidth + 20; // +10 is the offset between the items you want ot use. Can be any number. // And then you add the child to the display list so it becomes visible. addChild(_textheader); } Any questions, just ask :) Cheers, Sid > im using it with in the gaia framework do you know it? below is my loop > and > 'navbut.x' is what im trying to find, i need to add all the widths of all > the dynamic textfields sequentially and then space them out evenly > horizontally , > > im just totally stuck! > > > for each (var section:XML in siteNav.section) { > > navbut = new navItem(); > > > navbut.label.autoSize=TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; > > > //Insert the menu text (li...@name reads the > link's "name" attribute) > navbut.label.text=secti...@name; > //Assign an url to a menu item > navbut.linkto=secti...@src; > navbut.keepopen=secti...@keep; > navbut.isclicked=secti...@highlight; > > //Insert the menu button to stage > > navbut.y=0; > > trace(total); > > navbut.x= ?; > > nav1.addChild(navbut); > > > //Make the button look like a button (hand > cursor) > navbut.buttonMode=true; > navbut.mouseChildren=false; > navbut.alpha=0; > navbut.name=secti...@url; > TweenMax.to(navbut, 0.5, {alpha:1}); > //Add event handlers (used for animating the > buttons) > > navbut.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, mouseOverHandler); > > navbut.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOutHandler); > navbut.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, > mouseClickHandler); > > > //trace(navbut.x); > > //Increment the menu button counter, so we > know how many buttons there are > i++; > } > } > > -----Original Message----- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Sidney de > Koning - Funky Monkey Studios > Sent: 25 August 2009 15:52 > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] spacing horizontal dynamic xml menu textfields > > No problem :) > This is using AS3. Where do you have problem with? > > Sid > > >> is this using as2 as im trying to do it in as3 so am a bit confused >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Sidney >> de >> Koning >> Sent: 25 August 2009 15:22 >> To: Flash Coders List >> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] spacing horizontal dynamic xml menu >> textfields >> >> Yup that is correct. X and width, Y and height. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Sid >> >> On Aug 25, 2009, at 3:36 PM, thomas horner wrote: >> >>> Hi thanks, so this is for a vertical menu or positioning vertical >>> textFields, >>> >>> i will try and adjust this for horizontal purposes and measure the >>> width as >>> opposed to the height then? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of >>> Sidney de >>> Koning >>> Sent: 25 August 2009 14:22 >>> To: Flash Coders List >>> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] spacing horizontal dynamic xml menu >>> textfields >>> >>> Hi Thomas, >>> >>> Try to do something like this and adjust it to your own needs; >>> >>> // When you are in a for loop, create new items and and try to measure >>> the height of an item. >>> // And position items vertically.You need to remember the previous >>> item, the fastest way to do this is to have a runningY var declared >>> outside the for loop with an initial value of zero. >>> //See comments in code for further explanation. >>> >>> var runningY:Number = 0; >>> var OFFSET_X:Number = 20; >>> >>> for (var index:int = 0; index < 4 ; index++) { >>> >>> var _textheader:TextField = new TextField( ); >>> _textheader.text = "Text"; >>> _textheader.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; >>> _textheader.x = _background.x - _background.width / 2 + OFFSET_X; >>> // First iteration runningY = 0; >>> // Second iteration runningY = 0 + textHeader.height +2; >>> textHeader.height = 20 >>> // Third iteration runningY = 22 + textHeader.height +2; >>> textHeader.height = 40 -- mutiple lines of text >>> // Fourth iteration runningY = 64 + textHeader.height +2; >>> textHeader.height = 20 >>> // Fifth iteration runningY = 86 >>> _textheader.y = runningY; >>> runningY += _textheader.height + 2; // textheader = 20 >>> } >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 25, 2009, at 3:06 PM, thomas horner wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi all am struggling to position, my textFields generated within my >>>> loop >>>> from my external xml, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> i want to evenly space them and as they are dynamic they are all of >>>> different sizes. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> i have run a trace on the loop as follows; >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> trace(navbut.label.width); >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> which gives me the widths of each field how do it add the total of >>>> the >>>> widths from the loop? to then space them. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Flashcoders mailing list >>>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > > -- > Hire me to do your website, businesscards, presentations or flyers. > -- > Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Robert F. > Kennedy > -- > Sidney de Koning | Flash Developer/Creative Soul/Multimedialist > Funky Monkey Studios | Van Ostadestraat 286 HS | 1073 TW | Amsterdam | > e:sid...@funky-monkey.nl | tel: +31(06)24 548336 | fax: +31 (0)84 747 7288 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Hire me to do your website, businesscards, presentations or flyers. -- Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Robert F. 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