Thanks for the information. So I guess the truncateToFit property doesn't make any sense at the text tag??
Markus --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Maximilian Nyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > truncateToFit has no effect on Text. > If you want that behavior, you either need to implement it yourself, > or find someone that already has. > > From http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/mx/controls/Text.html > - unlike Label, Text does not truncate its text with "..." > > > /Max > > > On 10/24/07, kramus0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm not sure whether this is a bug or not but truncateToFit doesn't > > seems to work for me. > > > > I have a text that has has a certain width and height so that it can > > show two lines. When I set truncateToFit to true and assign a text > > that is longer than to lines I would expect it is truncated at the end > > of the second line. > > > > <mx:Text truncateToFit="true" x="400" y="400" width="140" height="30" > > text="This is the first Line. This is the second Line that should be > > truncated."/> > > > > So what I would expect to see is something like this: > > > > This is the first Line. > > This is the second L... > > > > But I get the following two lines (that scroll if I go on the text): > > > > This is the first Line. > > This is the second Line > > > > So, any suggestions? Thanks. > > > > Markus >