My code looks like;
<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Description"
dataField="SCHEDULED_DESCRIPTION" width="492" wordWrap="true">
<mx:itemRenderer>
<mx:Component>
<mx:Text width="100%"
text="{data.SCHEDULED_DESCRIPTION}" truncateToFit="true"/>
</mx:Component>
</mx:itemRenderer>
</mx:DataGridColumn>
The text that is in the DB las line 1 followed by a new line followed by line
2, etc.
It does not display the elipses.
Paul
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "turbo_vb" <timh...@...> wrote:
>
> Yep, correct about the headers scrolling too. My bad, was thinking about a
> List. Using Steve's suggestion, a Text control with truncateToFit=:true"
> will give you the ellipses and an automatic toolTip; if the text exceeds the
> size.
>
> -TH
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aceoohay" <pauls@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the advice...
> >
> > I was unable to use make the suggestion of removing the height from the
> > datagrid work. Even if it did work, wouldn't that cause the headers to
> > scroll out of sight?
> >
> > Regarding using an item renderer, I have been unable to find one that will
> > expand to the height available and then scroll. "TextArea" seems to display
> > a fixed height. What item renderer would you recomend?
> >
> > Regarding the elipses/popup, how do you know when to display elipses?
> > Generally the data is only a couple of lines, very infrequently is the data
> > bigger than the entire grid.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "valdhor" <valdhorlists@> wrote:
> > >
> > > What I do in this situation is to truncate the text in the cell and add
> > > elipses. If the user needs to see all the note text, they can click on
> > > the cell which opens a new popup. If the text is short enough, I use a
> > > tooltip.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "turbo_vb" <TimHoff@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > How can I tell the datagrid to allow cell heights greater than the
> > > > grid height?
> > > > Even though it's not shown, the cell height is greater than the DataGrid
> > > > height. However, the DataGrid's scroll mechanism will always take you
> > > > to the next row, so this isn't an option.
> > > > > How can I turn on a scrollbar for the cell?
> > > > You can use an itemRenderer that has a maxHeight. Although, having
> > > > nested scrollBars is pretty bad for the user.A third option, if you
> > > > don't have thousands of records, is to put the DataGrid in a container
> > > > and do not set a height for the DataGrid. In other words, go ahead and
> > > > render all of the DataGrid items and have the parent container do the
> > > > scrolling. This would solve your problem by allowing smooth scrolling,
> > > > but would more of a hog when it comes to performance. But, if you don't
> > > > have that many records to show, it's a decent trade-off and much better
> > > > than the choppy scrolling that is native to the DataGrid.
> > > > -TH
> > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aceoohay" <pauls@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a datagrid that displays text from a notes field. I have
> > > > variableRowHeight="true". This works well unless one record has a note
> > > > that is larger than the height of the entire grid. In this case I cannot
> > > > see the bottom of the note. It truncates the lines at the height of the
> > > > grid
> > > > >
> > > > > There is a scroll bar for the grid, but not for the individual cell in
> > > > the grid.
> > > > >
> > > > > Either of the following would solve my problem;
> > > > >
> > > > > How can I tell the datagrid to allow cell heights greater than the
> > > > grid height?
> > > > >
> > > > > -or-
> > > > >
> > > > > How can I turn on a scrollbar for the cell?
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
