Guys, thanks for the answers. I'm looking at overriding the methods.
Best Regards, Aldo On 6/13/05, Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/11/05, Aldo Bucchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a way to rotate a component without bypassing the v2 architecture? > > The problem with rotating an object is that it can result in changing > > it's box dimensions, which would create layout problems if no > > notifications are triggered... > > Even if you trigger notifications, the "preferred size" (which is what > determines the amound of space it takes) for the object is calculated > only on the basis of the preferred sizes of its children -- not taking > the rotation into account. If you want the parent container to size > itself correcrtly, you'll have to override the child's > getPreferredWidth() and getPreferredHeight() > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml"; xmlns="*"> > <mx:Button click="innerBox._rotation = 45;" /> > <mx:Box id="outerBox" backgroundColor="blue" marginLeft="5" marginRight="5"> > <mx:Box id="innerBox" backgroundColor="red" marginLeft="5" marginRight="5"> > <mx:TextInput /> > </mx:Box> > </mx:Box> > </mx:Application> > > Here the preferred width and height of 'innerBox' remains the same, > even after rotating. You can override it to return new values after > taking _rotation into account. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- ::::: Aldo Bucchi ::::: mobile (56) 8 429 8300 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
