Are you using Flex 3 beta 3? because I tried the below sample code and I cannot reproduce it. The column widths remain the same no matter how many times I toggle them.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "dfalling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, I really should have done this in the first place...I'm using > more text to explain the problem than the code takes up... > > ---------- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="vertical"> > <mx:DataGrid width="300"> > <mx:columns> > <mx:DataGridColumn id="first" headerText="first header" > visible="{firstCheck.selected}" /> > <mx:DataGridColumn id="second" headerText="bravo header" > visible="{secondCheck.selected}" /> > <mx:DataGridColumn id="third" headerText="charlie > header" > visible="{thirdCheck.selected}" /> > <mx:DataGridColumn id="fourth" headerText="delta header" > visible="{fourthCheck.selected}"/> > </mx:columns> > </mx:DataGrid> > <mx:HBox> > <mx:CheckBox selected="true" id="firstCheck"/> > <mx:CheckBox selected="true" id="secondCheck"/> > <mx:CheckBox selected="true" id="thirdCheck"/> > <mx:CheckBox selected="false" id="fourthCheck"/> > </mx:HBox> > </mx:Application> > > ---------- > > To test: click on the right checkbox to show that column...keep > showing/hiding it, and note that its size shrinks each time. > > > I've also tried, as suggested, removing the columns from the datagrid > instead of just hiding them, but the same issue happens. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote: > > > > Post a mini-test-case. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of dfalling > > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:09 AM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility > > is toggled > > > > > > > > The title sounded like exactly my problem, but the description didn't > > match up. My issue is simply that variable width columns do not > > resize properly when showing/hiding columns. That issue seems to deal > > with it overriding fixed widths. > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > , "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > Is your problem related to this? > > > http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14064 > > <http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14064> > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > ] On > > > Behalf Of dfalling > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:58 PM > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when visibility > > > is toggled > > > > > > > > > > > > I've tried setting them all to not resize, then individually resizing > > > each one, but there's always a fluke with the last two columns vying > > > for each other's space. > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > , "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > > > There might be a workaround, I just haven't tried to figure one out. > > > If > > > > you set the resizable property on every column you want to lock > > down, > > > > you might have success changing resizable back to true after the > > > > updateComplete after the column is made visible again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > ] On > > > > Behalf Of dfalling > > > > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:28 AM > > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: DataGridColumn width shrinks when > > visibility > > > > is toggled > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sadly I'm kind of locked into Flex 2 for now. I was hoping there was > > > > a known workaround to fix this. > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > , "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Flex 3 should be better at this than Flex 2. > > horizontalScrollPolicy, > > > > > resizable properties can also help. > > > > > > > > > >
