Thanks for the response, droponrcll.
Actually, if I just had the VBox only that would have been fine, but my VBox is
actually an itemRenderer for a List control. The List control is automatically
scaling the width and height of the VBox to 100% of the List controls' row.
Any idea how to get around this? Thanks.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Amy" <amyblankens...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "lambovell" <lambovell@> wrote:
> >
> > The class below is being used as a custom itemRenderer, and I want to set
> > the height of the VBox to that of its contents (children).
> >
> > public class MyDynamicLayout extends VBox
> > {
> > // .. code removed for brevity
> >
> > override protected function measure():void
> > {
> > super.measure();
> > // measuredHeight = height = ?;// I want to calculate the height
> > of all the children and set the height of this VBox to that height of all
> > the children combined.
> > }
> > }
>
> I think that the default measure method of VBox makes it just big enough for
> its children + all padding and vertical gaps. So just leave off width and
> height, and you should have it.
>
