Hmmm... well that is how I always do it. To be clear, what that should set is the amount of space inside the HBox (at the bootm) that will be left empty (below any children that are added in there).

Scott

Scott Melby
Founder, Fast Lane Software LLC
http://www.fastlanesw.com



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Yes I've tried that. It doesn't work.
gridItem = new HBox( );
gridItem.setStyle("paddingBottom", 20);

Scott Melby wrote:
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> Have you tried the paddingBottom style
> <http://livedocs.adobe.com/labs/flex3/langref/mx/containers/Box.html#style:paddingBottom <http://livedocs.adobe.com/labs/flex3/langref/mx/containers/Box.html#style:paddingBottom>>?
> You would set this programmatically using the setStyle() method.
>
> hth
> Scott
>
> Scott Melby
> Founder, Fast Lane Software LLC
> http://www.fastlanesw.com <http://www.fastlanesw.com>
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:info1%40reenie.org> wrote:
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>> I am creating HBoxes with actionscript, based on XML content.
>> I want to give them bottom margins.
>>
>> How do I do that?
>>
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