Flex Examples

The following example demonstrates how you can make an Accordion container adjust its width to match the contents of the currently selected child.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/27/resizing-a-flex-accordion-container-to-fit-its-contents/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="top"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:XML id="itemsXML">
        <items>
            <item label="Item 1" status="warning" />
            <item label="Item 2" status="critical" />
            <item label="Item 3" status="critical" />
            <item label="Item 4" status="check" />
            <item label="Item 5" status="warning" />
            <item label="Item 6" status="check" />
            <item label="Item 7" status="check" />
            <item label="Item 8" status="critical" />
        </items>
    </mx:XML>

    <mx:XMLListCollection id="checkXLC"
            source="{itemsXML.item.(@status == 'check')}" />

    <mx:XMLListCollection id="warningXLC"
            source="{itemsXML.item.(@status == 'warning')}" />

    <mx:XMLListCollection id="criticalXLC"
            source="{itemsXML.item.(@status == 'critical')}" />

    <mx:Accordion id="accordion"
            resizeToContent="true"
            historyManagementEnabled="false"
            width="400">
        <mx:VBox label="Success" width="100%">
            <mx:DataGrid id="successGrid"
                    dataProvider="{checkXLC}"
                    width="100%"
                    rowCount="{checkXLC.length + 1}">
            </mx:DataGrid>
        </mx:VBox>

        <mx:VBox label="Warning" width="100%">
            <mx:DataGrid id="warningGrid"
                    dataProvider="{warningXLC}"
                    width="100%"
                    rowCount="{warningXLC.length + 1}">
            </mx:DataGrid>
        </mx:VBox>

        <mx:VBox label="Critical" width="100%">
            <mx:DataGrid id="criticalGrid"
                    dataProvider="{criticalXLC}"
                    width="100%"
                    rowCount="{criticalXLC.length + 1}">
            </mx:DataGrid>
        </mx:VBox>
    </mx:Accordion>

</mx:Application>

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