--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've had similar problems when creating AS3 components. Look into > updateDisplayList. I believe you also have to make sure that your > custom component has a width and height specified. > > You can always dig through the canvas code to figure out why that > works, and use that info to figure out why yours doesn't.
The component really needs to size itself around its children, so I need to find a way to do it without specifying a width and height. My class is extending Canvas, so it should be using all Canvas's methods already, right?