How do I make this linkButton custom component work?

Question

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 = textField.textWidth;
           lineMetrics.height = textField.textHeight;


           return lineMetrics;
      }
 }

my issue here is if you use this component you will see that the text is bunched up into a very small area. It does not fill the entire width of the linkButton. Anyone know why this is happening?

Answer 1

The container is probably not wide enough. Set the container percentWidth to 100 and see if it fixes your problem. You can also set the LinkButton to a fixed width and see if that helps.