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Spark Label Whitespaces

Oct 18, 2011 9:15 PM

Tags: #as3 #flex #label #spark

Hi,

Does anyone know how to make it so that the Spark Label doesn't automatically trim whitespaces? For example

<s:Group y="200">
        <s:layout>
            <s:HorizontalLayout />
        </s:layout>
        <s:Label text="hello1" />
        <s:Label text="                "/>
        <s:Label text="hello2" />
    </s:Group>

The 2nd label will not show up. Or if I set it in code like this:

label.text = "hello ";

The trailing spaces will not show up in the label.

The reason I'm doing this is so that I can create dynamic text that I can switch out, highlight, make clickable, etc... Stringing labels together is the best way I can think of doing it.

Thanks

533 Views 4 Replies Latest reply: drkstr_1, Feb 3, 2012 3:25 PM

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1. highlightscript,

Oct 18, 2011 9:37 PM in reply to gordon277

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see if "minWidth" for label will help u in this case?

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2. gordon277,

Oct 19, 2011 12:41 PM in reply to highlightscript

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I'm not sure that "minWidth" would help. I still want it to be sized according to the text - font-size, font-family, etc. "minWidth" would mean that I have to calculate the size somehow.

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3. mikko.torniainen,

Feb 3, 2012 5:58 AM in reply to gordon277

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Use paddingLeft or paddingRight instead.

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4. drkstr_1,

Feb 3, 2012 3:25 PM in reply to mikko.torniainen

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I think the mxmlc compiler strips trailing and leading whitespace from attribute strings. What happens if you set the String using CDATA, or in actionscript?

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