Did you call setActualSize on it? -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ham Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 10:58 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Unwanted scrollbars on my List itemRenderer--P.S.
> It is working! No sooner said than undone! I am trying to add a LinkButton to my renderer, and it won't show up! Its label and x position are being set correctly, but it doesn't display! Gaaaaah! Is there something special about adding LinkButtons that I don't know about? Help! OK DAH > > For future generations, here is what I did: > > * Created a custom class that extends ListItemRenderer. > > * Overrode createChildren, measure, commitProperties, and > updateDisplayList as Alex described, calling super on each. The only > glitch here is I had to set label.visible == false in UDL because the > label is duplicating one of the fields I am setting. Also, to get > measuredHeight in measure(), I had to do getExplicitOrMeasuredHeight > () on my textfield. When I set measuredHeight based on the > textfield.height, all the rows were the same height, about 50-75 px. > > * No get or set data() or listData() in my new class. No other > methods at all actually, except the ones listed above. > > The long national nightmare is over! Many thanks Alex and Tracy for > your patient and informative replies. > > OK > DAH > >> >> Yes, as a matter of practice, you should always call >> super.methodName() unless you know for sure you don't want the >> underlying behavior. >> >> >> >> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ham >> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:17 AM >> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com >> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Unwanted scrollbars on my List >> itemRenderer--measure() help? >> >> >> >> Alex, >> >>> In fact, I'd make a copy of LIR and rename it and erase the guts of >>> createChildren, commitProperties, measure, and updateDisplayList. >> You >>> shouldn't need to touch getters/setters of data/listData. >> Should I call super.methodName() on the ones I am overriding? >>> >>> Create the textfields in createChildren. >>> >>> Stuff the .text properties from the data object in commitProperties >>> >>> Calc measuredHeight in measure() something like this: >>> >>> Override protected function measure() >>> { >>> Tf1.width = explicitWidth * .2; >>> Tf2.width = explicitWidth * .8; >>> measuredHeight = Math.max(tf1.textHeight, tf2.textHeight); >>> measuredHeight += (some padding) >>> } >>> >>> Set their final positions in UDL >>> >>> Good luck. This is hairy-level-one so there are no dumb questions. >> Thanks! I'm in this to win it! >> >> OK >> DAH >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links
