OK, I did some googling and this looks like exactly what you are after... http://flexaired.blogspot.com/2008/07/sample-image-tile-list.html
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "James" <garymoorcroft_...@...> wrote: > > Yes but it's the glow effect that I require. when each item is hovered over > it needs to glow rather than just having the blue themed square. Have you got > any idea how to do this? > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "dannyvenier" <dannyvenier@> wrote: > > > > Why not use a tileList or if spark, a List with tile layout. You can use a > > custom itemrenderer which can re-render when additional buttons are added > > and in rendering, can determine the optimum size based on running an > > algorithm on your dataprovider. There are all sorts of edge conditions to > > worry about (what if the total text width exceeds that of your container > > etc., etc.., but those have to be dealt with in any case, and I imagine you > > need a custom renderer anyway, to build your list items. > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "James" <garymoorcroft_ict@> wrote: > > > > > > I'm lost as to what component to use for navigation within my > > > application. Across the top of my app I want something which horizontally > > > displays a list of categories which the user can click to select. This is > > > fine if I use a tilelist but I also want to allow my client to add and > > > remove categories and for the width of the component to adjust so that > > > new categories fit in but it seems impossible to apply <fit to content> > > > to a tilelist the way you can to a hbox which obviously means scrollbars > > > will appear and if you switch the scroll policy off this simply means any > > > added categories won't be visible if they are past the set width. > > > > > > If a hbox had a selecteditem property that would be perfect. Is there any > > > such way of getting a component to work like this? > > > > > >
