How to make a rigid container ?

Question

Hello,
Suppose that we have the following tree :
<mx:Application>
<mx:Box id="mybox" height="100%" />
<mx:Application>
and that we dynamicaly add content to mybox, so much that the
height of the content of mybox become greater that the screen
height. With the default behavior, mybox will grow indefinitely and
a vertical scroll will appear at mx:Application level.
I would like a more rigid behavior. I'd like that mybox grows
until it reaches the screen height and then a vertical scroll
appear in mybox. The first idea (that works) is to define
mybox.height="{Application.application.height}", but this is not
very pratictal since inner height is possibly different from outer
height, moreover, we need to use this trick at every level of the
tree.
Do you know another way to achieve this result ? For example
a property that indicates to a container that he must not try to
fit to its content.
Thank you in advance,
Pierre L.

Answer 1

"Pierre L" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hello,
>
> Suppose that we have the following tree :
> <mx:Application>
> <mx:Box id="mybox" height="100%" />
> <mx:Application>
>
> and that we dynamicaly add content to mybox, so much
that the height of
> the
> content of mybox become greater that the screen height.
With the default
> behavior, mybox will grow indefinitely and a vertical
scroll will appear
> at
> mx:Application level.
> I would like a more rigid behavior. I'd like that mybox
grows until it
> reaches
> the screen height and then a vertical scroll appear in
mybox. The first
> idea
> (that works) is to define
mybox.height="{Application.application.height}",
> but
> this is not very pratictal since inner height is
possibly different from
> outer
> height, moreover, we need to use this trick at every
level of the tree.
> Do you know another way to achieve this result ? For
example a property
> that
> indicates to a container that he must not try to fit to
its content.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Pierre L.
maxHeight?