Widgets in Captivate 5

A Captivate 5 module that has any type of widget in the module will not scale with the browser window when viewed from Connect.
A  Captivate 5 module that does not contain a widget will scale with the  browser window when view from Connect while in a coarse or curriculum.
It appears that is a Captivate issue. I have the same thing happening  when I view the project from my web server. I just had a widget made for  me and the person who made it was able to explain why with happens.
"In  most widgets there are some lines of code added to restrict the “stage  scale mode” in Flash. This is used because if this is not used then  Captivate will not place the Widget Properties panel at the correct  location and therefore you wouldn’t be able to fill in the properties.  Apparently (but I don’t see why) this is also causing the Captivate SWF  to restrict the scale mode and therefore Connect Pro cannot scale your  Captivate SWF."
Anyone know how to fix this. It is causing all kinds of problems for me with Window sizing.

That is the way the widget is supose to look I know it does not look right.
The reason is that most widgets have this line of code inside to make the Widget user interface fit inside of the widget window when viewed inside of Captivate.
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
This however is passed along to the published Captivate swf thus preventing scaleing with the browser window.
If this code is used
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_BORDER;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
You can no longer see what is in the Widget window within Captivate because the inferface content scales inside of the window parameters.
The Scale widget's only purpose it to Neutralize the No_SCALE that is in most widgets. So all you have to do is import it. Nothing needs to be changed.
Also it is worth noting that this widget has to be on the same slide as a normal widget to work and they have to be in equal numbers to neutralize.
Ex.
Slide one has three normal widget and each contains a NO_SCALE line of code. To neutralize the three NO_SCALE's you will have to have three of Stage Scale widgets.
Also some widgets have more than one NO_SCALE lines within them like the Certificate widget. It has two. So you have to add two Stage scale on the slide to neutralize it.
Hope this makes sense.

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