I assumed from what I read that it was simply removed from the calculations for measurements and layout of its parents I didn't realize its children wouldn't be laid out with in it.
Thanks! On Feb 20, 2018 6:56 PM, "Erik J. Thomas" <e...@linqto.com> wrote: > That's correct behavior. When IncludeInLayout is false, the control > doesn't exist in the displayList and you are NOT going to see any changes > you make to it's state until you make includeInLayout = true. > > You only want to use includeInLayout when you don't want the control in > your layout. > > Also, one normally uses visible="false" in conjunction with > includeInLayout="false" so it doesn't take up empty space in your layout. > There are times you want to hide it without removing it from your layout, > in which cause use visible property only. When not visible, changes to > properties will take effect, and you will see them when you make the > control visible again. > > But I think you misunderstand the point of the property includeInLayout. > If false you can't do squat with that control. Set it to true and you'll > see your assignment no problem. > > Cheers. :-) > > Erik > > On Feb 20, 2018, at 2:35 PM, Kyle McKnight <kamck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It appears that the spark CheckBox might have a defect and I would like to > confirm if anyone has seen it. I didn't see it in the issues tracker. If > you have a CheckBox with includeInLayout set to false, then when you set > the label property, the display list does not update and show the text. > I've tried multiple ways of invalidating the display to get it to update. > I'm not sure if this is a bug, or if it's a quirk of the framework or if > I'm missing something. The following code as the main application file will > illustrate the issue. I ran into it using 4.15 SDK but it also happens in > the latest 4.16.1 > > Anyone else run into this or know the cause? > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <s:WindowedApplication creationComplete="handleCreationComplete()" > xmlns:base="*" > xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"; > xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"> > > <fx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import spark.components.Label; > > public function handleCreationComplete():void > { > blah.label = "test"; > } > ]]> > </fx:Script> > > <s:Group> > <s:CheckBox id="blah" includeInLayout="false" /> > </s:Group> > </s:WindowedApplication> > > > Kyle McKnight > Senior UI Engineer - Accesso > 321.347.7318 (M) > >
