Question

<s:Group id="g1">
    <s:Group id="g2" width="100" x="-40"/>
</s:Group>

I have a group that contains elements placed at negative coordinate values. I would like to get the total width of the group including parts of elements placed at negative values. In the example above g1.width returns 60 (100-40) but i like to get the value 100. In the example bellow g3.width returns 0 and still i like to get the value 100. How can I do this.

I have debugged the application and no property of g1 or g3 is 100.

I get the values I want if I use the Box class instead but how do I get the values i want with the Group class?

<s:Group id="g3">
    <s:Group id="g4" width="100" x="-150"/>
</s:Group>

This is an simplified example. I have many child elements in the real application so i can’t just use the width of the child element.

Answer 1

Try using contentHeight and contentWidth property on the container.