Why does the following button not line up 100px from the left edge?
<mx:Button left="100"></mx:Button>
I am using the Flex 4(Gumbo) SDK, I am pretty sure that if you try to do it in FlashBuilder, it would work.
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A:
Check if you have it nested in some other component.
In this example button will be placed 200px left (100px for panel + 100px button for button left attribute)
<s:Panel x="100" y="100" width="250" height="200">
<mx:Button left="100"></mx:Button>
</s:Panel>
dd
2009-09-14 14:10:11
nested? Could you please explain, It is the only component in the application so far.
sigvardsen
2009-09-14 14:13:47
This is my entire application:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" > <mx:Panel x="100" y="100" width="250" height="200"> <mx:Button left="100"></mx:Button> </mx:Panel></mx:Application>This is my output file:http://sitoon.com/labs/isoperior.swf
sigvardsen
2009-09-14 14:22:11
I assume nested is asking if you happen to have the component inside a "Canvas" or something similar. If you are on a relative layout, or using relative layout for that specific control, then it will be 100 away from the canvas, rather than the side of the window.
Sivvy
2009-09-14 14:25:04
You have the button embedded in a panel. It's relative to the Panel's position. Change it to absolute, or make it "0" relative to the panel.
Sivvy
2009-09-14 14:26:46
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A:
Are you using absolute or relative layout?
<mx:Application Layout="absolute">
And if trying either of those doesn't work... I don't think I've ever seen someone use "left" (I'm sure it works, but it looks odd to me). Try changing "left" to "x":
<mx:Button x="100" />
Sivvy
2009-09-14 14:17:12
Thank you, it works.I agree that using it for left is odd, but it is practicle for a resizable application, when using left, right, top, bottom.
sigvardsen
2009-09-14 14:26:42
Remember... It works, but it depends if that's how you want ALL the components to act. If you have controls within a panel of canvas, all controls will be placed according to the absolute value, rather than relative to the parent component.
Sivvy
2009-09-14 14:30:26