Recently I checked in the major axis alignment update to VGroup, HGroup, VerticalLayout, HorizontalLayout. It brings parity to the Flex 4 Spark layouts relative to the MX containers HBox and VBox that are well known from previous versions of Flex (and have had those alignment options for long time now). Read more…
In part one here, the FlowLayout had really basic functionality. I decided to demonstrate how to add layout properties to the custom Spark layouts and how to enable scrolling.
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I’ve been working on the Flex SDK team for more than a year now, primarily playing with the Spark layouts. One of the new Spark features is the “assignable layouts”. The stock layouts have been separated into their own classes and the containers can be assigned different layouts at run-time. This modularization allows anyone to create their own cool custom layouts and use them with any of the Spark containers.
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