[flexcoders] Re: Datagrid height problem.

2009-09-10 Thread turbo_vb
Give it a height. -TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aceoohay" wrote: > > My code looks like; > >dataField="SCHEDULED_DESCRIPTION" width="492" wordWrap="true"> > > >

[flexcoders] Re: Datagrid height problem.

2009-09-10 Thread aceoohay
My code looks like;

[flexcoders] Re: Datagrid height problem.

2009-09-10 Thread turbo_vb
Yep, correct about the headers scrolling too. My bad, was thinking about a List. Using Steve's suggestion, a Text control with truncateToFit=:true" will give you the ellipses and an automatic toolTip; if the text exceeds the size. -TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aceoohay" wrote: > >

[flexcoders] Re: Datagrid height problem.

2009-09-10 Thread aceoohay
Thanks for the advice... I was unable to use make the suggestion of removing the height from the datagrid work. Even if it did work, wouldn't that cause the headers to scroll out of sight? Regarding using an item renderer, I have been unable to find one that will expand to the height available

[flexcoders] Re: Datagrid height problem.

2009-09-10 Thread valdhor
What I do in this situation is to truncate the text in the cell and add elipses. If the user needs to see all the note text, they can click on the cell which opens a new popup. If the text is short enough, I use a tooltip. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "turbo_vb" wrote: > > > How can I t

[flexcoders] Re: Datagrid height problem.

2009-09-10 Thread turbo_vb
> How can I tell the datagrid to allow cell heights greater than the grid height? Even though it's not shown, the cell height is greater than the DataGrid height. However, the DataGrid's scroll mechanism will always take you to the next row, so this isn't an option. > How can I turn on a scrollba