Any suggestions on this? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "ssundke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I just need to show a Help page on demand, so I implemented it > via states. When the user clicks the Help button the help pane comes > up. Somehow the help pane is not taking the correct size and > displays acorss the screen. I tried a lot to set the width, but the > first time it keeps going to this default size. Once I resize it > once then it always comes up correctly. I tried to have the help > pane by default (and remove it later) as well as add it on demand, > but no avail. Any idea what i can do to correct this? > > I tried to set the width in both places, but no avail. > > <mx:HDividedBox id="mainBox" width="100%" height="100%"> > <mx:VDividedBox ... > </mx:VDividedBox> > <help:Help id="helpOptions" width="200"/> > </mx:HDividedBox> > > My help page is a simple component like > <mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" .... width="200" > <mx:TextArea height="100%" htmlText="{HelpHelper.getInstance > ().currentHelpContent}" > width="100%" editable="false"/> > </mx:Canvas> >