Unless you want the TextArea's scrollbars, you should just set wordWrap=true and the default renderer will take care of it. If you want to customize the renderer, copy the code and modify it. TextArea is a bit heavy for renderers especially if you don't need the scrollbars, and the default renderer code will show you how to figure out the appropriate measuredHeight.
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Heinz Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:05 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] List ItemRenderer and variableRowHeight I have a List component with a custom item renderer. The List is set to variableRowHeight=true. In the renderer is a regular TextArea component that I want to grow in size vertically for the longer data strings. My problem is I don't quite understand how to automate the process of sizing the TextArea and then the renderer height from the TextArea.textHeight property. I can successfully do it manually, attaching a click event to the TextArea, that calls the following function in the renderer: private function updateHeight(ev:MouseEvent):void { ev.target.height = ev.target.textHeight + 5; this.height = ev.target.y + ev.target.height + 25; } This perfectly sizes each item when I click on them. The problem is I can't get it to function properly when I try to size them from an event representing the item's creation. I have tried sizing on the following events: 1) renderer creationComplete and added events 2) in the data setter override function for the renderer No matter what I try to do, automated sizing produces incorrect results. I am sure I just don't understand - not the first time!!! Thanks for any help!!! Phil