ActionScript 3.0 :: Create Auto-sizing Buttons Based On Text?
Jul 22, 2009
I have an interface that will have a variable amount of buttons in it and the text on each button can be anywhere from 10 characters to 30 characters. What I'd like to do is to have my buttons auto-size width wise based on the length of the text. I don't think that will be too difficult but I'd also like to have rounded corners on the top of the buttons so that they'll look like tabs and from my experience when you change the width of these buttons that have rounded corners they start looking a bit odd since they won't retain their original radius
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[Code]...
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Code: Select allfunction threeClick_1(e:Event):void
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[Code] .....
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[code]....
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