Comments on: Setting the number of visible items in a ComboBox control’s dropdown menu in Flex http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/ A bunch of examples for Adobe Flex and ActionScript Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:52:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: peterd http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13380 peterd Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:51:06 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13380 Greg, We'll leave the bug in community status. After the bug gets enough votes, somebody (else) at Adobe will have a look at the issue and see if it is a bug or if that is expected behavior. Actually, another solution may be to something like the following: <pre class="code"> <mx:LinearAxis id="yAxis" title="% of e-mail users accessing e-mail{'\\n'}eight or more times per month" /> </pre> Peter Greg,

We’ll leave the bug in community status. After the bug gets enough votes, somebody (else) at Adobe will have a look at the issue and see if it is a bug or if that is expected behavior.

Actually, another solution may be to something like the following:

<mx:LinearAxis id="yAxis" title="% of e-mail users accessing e-mail{'\n'}eight or more times per month" />

Peter

]]> By: Greg http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13379 Greg Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:30:52 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13379 Interesting. I hadn't thought of trying that. Thanks for you help and quick replies! Do I need to close that bug now, or will someone at Adobe do that? Interesting. I hadn’t thought of trying that.

Thanks for you help and quick replies! Do I need to close that bug now, or will someone at Adobe do that?

]]> By: peterd http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13376 peterd Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:47:37 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13376 Greg, Thanks a lot. I commented on the bug with two possible workarounds: <blockquote> attached workaround.mxml with two possible workarounds. workaround #1 -- define the axis title in ActionScript: <pre class="code"> [Bindable] public var str:String = "% of e-mail users accessing e-mail" + "\\n" + "eight or more times per month"; </pre> workaround#2 -- define the axis title in MXML using <mx:String />: <pre class="code"> <mx:String id="str">% of e-mail users accessing e-mail eight or more times per month</mx:String> </pre> Finally, assign the title title to the LinearAxis using binding: <pre class="code"> <mx:verticalAxis> <mx:LinearAxis id="yAxis" title="{str}" /> </mx:verticalAxis> </pre> </blockquote> Peter Greg,

Thanks a lot. I commented on the bug with two possible workarounds:

attached workaround.mxml with two possible workarounds.

workaround #1 — define the axis title in ActionScript: 

[Bindable]
public var str:String = "% of e-mail users accessing e-mail" + "\n" + "eight or more times per month";

workaround#2 — define the axis title in MXML using <mx:String />:

<mx:String id="str">% of e-mail users accessing e-mail
eight or more times per month</mx:String>

Finally, assign the title title to the LinearAxis using binding:

<mx:verticalAxis>
    <mx:LinearAxis id="yAxis" title="{str}" />
</mx:verticalAxis>

Peter

]]> By: Greg http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13375 Greg Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:18:25 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13375 Thanks for the quick reply. Here's the link to the bug. https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FLEXDMV-1783 I hope I've provided enough information. Thanks for the quick reply. Here’s the link to the bug. https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FLEXDMV-1783 I hope I’ve provided enough information.

]]> By: peterd http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13365 peterd Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:10:05 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13365 Greg, Interesting, can you please file a bug at http://bugs.adobe.com/flex/ (please include a simple test case, if possible -- it makes it a lot easier) and post the bug number here and a few of us here can subscribe and/or vote. Thanks, Peter Greg,

Interesting, can you please file a bug at http://bugs.adobe.com/flex/ (please include a simple test case, if possible — it makes it a lot easier) and post the bug number here and a few of us here can subscribe and/or vote.

Thanks,
Peter

]]> By: Greg http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13359 Greg Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:03:45 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/11/setting-the-number-of-visible-items-in-a-combobox-controls-dropdown-menu-in-flex/#comment-13359 Unrelated to this post, but I'm not sure how to contact you via Email. Anyway, I'm using the charting components provided with Flex Builder 3 Pro and can't seem to get the y-axis title to display multi-line. I traced the code back to the ChartLabel.as class provided in the sdk and it shows that when the label is created, multi-line is set to true. Is there a special string I need to pass with the title to make it use 2 lines? The strings I've tried are... "% of e-mail users accessing e-mail eight or more times per month" "% of e-mail users accessing e-mail\neight or more times per month" "% of e-mail users accessing e-mail<br>eight or more times per month" ...but each still displays on a single line. Unrelated to this post, but I’m not sure how to contact you via Email. Anyway, I’m using the charting components provided with Flex Builder 3 Pro and can’t seem to get the y-axis title to display multi-line. I traced the code back to the ChartLabel.as class provided in the sdk and it shows that when the label is created, multi-line is set to true. Is there a special string I need to pass with the title to make it use 2 lines?

The strings I’ve tried are…

“% of e-mail users accessing e-mail eight or more times per month”
“% of e-mail users accessing e-mail\neight or more times per month”
“% of e-mail users accessing e-mail<br>eight or more times per month”

…but each still displays on a single line.

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