Setting unscaled with on class extending LinkButton?

Question

I have a class I made that extends LinkButton so that you can put HTMLText in as the label.
it works but the background/highlist that shows is way too big because the unscalled with is setting as though it is regular text not htmlText, but I cannot override/set the unscaled width because it is private.
Anyone have any ideas?
here is my class:
package com.kranichs.components
import mx.controls.LinkButton;
public class HTMLLinkButton extends LinkButton
protected var _isHTML:Boolean;
public function HTMLLinkButton()
super();
[Bindable]
public function set isHTML(value:Boolean):void
_isHTML = value;
public function get isHTML():Boolean
return _isHTML;
override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
                                                  unscaledHeight:Number):void
        super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
        if(_isHTML)
        textField.htmlText = label;

Answer 1

Parents size their children based on either explicitWidth/Height or measuredWidth/Height.  You'll probably need to override measure()
You generally don't want to set properties in updateDisplayList that might invalidate measurement so you should probably apply the label in commitProperties() override.
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Developer
Adobe Systems Inc.
Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui