Can I create LinkButtons that wrap like textfields?

Question

I basically want to make things easier by just looping LinkButtons instead of making textfields because the linkbuttons have the rollovers already programmed.

But I have a lot of text and it just keeps going. I want it to wrap like I can do with textfields.

Thanks

package {
 import mx.controls.LinkButton;
 import flash.text.TextLineMetrics;

 public class multiLineLinkButton extends LinkButton {
      override protected function createChildren():void {
           super.createChildren();
           if (textField){
                textField.wordWrap = true;
                textField.multiline = true;

           }
      }

      override public function measureText(s:String):TextLineMetrics {
           textField.text = s;
           var lineMetrics:TextLineMetrics = textField.getLineMetrics(0);
           lineMetrics.width = 700;
           lineMetrics.height = textField.textHeight;


           return lineMetrics;
      }
 }

}

This is the component, but like I said everything is automatically centered.

I've tried paddingLEFT =0; and trying to setStyle("paddingLEFT", 0); but those methods don't work.

var test:multiLineLinkButton = new multiLineLinkButton();

        test.label = "sdfdsfdsfdsfsdfsdfsdfdsfsdfdsfdsdsfdsfdsfdffsdfdsfdfdsfdsfdsfdsfdsfdsfsdfdsfdfdsfdfdsfdsfsdfsdfsdf";
        test.setStyle("textAlign","left");

        var metrics:TextLineMetrics = measureText(test.label);

        trace(metrics.height);
        myCanvas.addChild(test);

so metrics.height is giving me a height of 14, which i believe is a single line even though it wraps.

Answer 1

This guy did it: http://ooine.com/index.php/2009/10/12/flex-linkbutton-word-wrap/

FYI, this was the first hit on Google for the search term "flex linkButton word wrap"