Width of Dynamic Linkbutton

Question

I have a linkbutton created in actionscript, with text
inputted into the box. I cannot get the width of the box. How can i
get the width of a linkbutton created dynamically

Answer 1

Hi Ukie,
If i've understood what you're asking correctly - to get the
width of a dynamically created link button you could do the
following:
<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
private function init():void
var linkBtn:LinkButton = new LinkButton();
linkBtn.x = 150;
linkBtn.y = 168;
linkBtn.name = "myLinkBtn";
linkBtn.label = 'My Dynamic Link Button';
myCanvas.addChild(linkBtn);
linkBtn.addEventListener(FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE,
linkBtnHandler);
private function linkBtnHandler(evt:Event):void
trace(myCanvas.getChildByName('myLinkBtn').width);
<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Just make sure you have the function init() in the
applications creationComplete event.
Hope this helps,
- Tony