Is there an easy way to make a parent container (eg Group) resize when it's children resize?
Below is a little example app. When I put the 200x200 'food' in the 'stomach' the stomach & it's containing 100x100 'body' should resize to contain the food.
Any ideas?
(from this gist http://gist.github.com/301292)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo"
minWidth="1024"
minHeight="768"
creationComplete="application1_creationCompleteHandler(event)">
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
protected function application1_creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void {
}
protected function eatFoodTrigger_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
var food:Border = new Border();
food.setStyle('backgroundColor', 0x15DCA9);
food.width = 200;
food.height = 200;
stomach.addElement(food);
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Group verticalCenter="0" horizontalCenter="0">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout horizontalAlign="center" />
</s:layout>
<s:Label fontSize="24" text="The 100x100 pink/brown body has a stomach inside it.
Press eat and the stomach gets 200x200 'food' added to it.
I want the body and the stomach to expand to fit the food." width="200">
</s:Label>
<s:Border id="body"
backgroundColor="0x333333"
minWidth="100"
minHeight="100"
borderColor="0xFF4466"
borderWeight="5">
<s:Group id="stomach">
</s:Group>
</s:Border>
<s:Button id="eatFoodTrigger" click="eatFoodTrigger_clickHandler(event)" label="eat" />
</s:Group>
</s:Application>